Beheading

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

An instance of a person being beheaded.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españoldecapitación degüello descabezamiento

Françaisdécapitation

DeutschEnthauptung

22 more languages

العربيةقطع رأس

Bosanskišteti

Catalàdecapitació

Češtinadekapitace stětí

Danskhalshugning

Ελληνικάαποκεφάλιση αποκεφαλισμός καρατόμηση

Esperantosenkapigo

Suomimestaaminen mestaus

Gàidhligdì-cheannadh

Hrvatskišteti

Magyarlefejezés

Bahasa Indonesiadekapitasi

Italianodecapitazione

日本語刎頸剄打ち首斬斬首断頭馘首

한국어문경 참수 처참

Македонскиобезглавување

Nederlandsonthoofding

Polskikęsim ścięcie

Portuguêsdecapitação

Русскийобезгла́вливание

Српскиšteti

Svenskahalshuggning

Examples

“A large crowd gathered to see ⟳ the beheading.”

“The guillotine was meant to humanize beheadings, but allowed the French Revolution to execute people at an industrial rate.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

beheadment Beheads Beheld Beheler Behemoth Behemoths

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