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Meanings of beheading in English

Portuguese
pessoas executadas por decapitação
Catalan
decapitació
Wikidata

Killing by cutting off the head.

pessoas executadas por decapitação
Usage of beheading in English
1
We could also start punishing all murderers with public torture and beheading.
Ebony
2
Near this is a fine presentation of the beheading of the saint.
The Lives of the Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Volume 1 (of ...
3
He'd somewhere found a great halberd, which he swung, beheading a Stormguard.
Stonewielder
4
But, sadly, for Mary, her beheading would not be quick and easy.
News.com.au
5
Then, on the day set for his beheading, the Emperor reprieved him.
54-40 or Fight
6
The kingdom executes murderers, rapists and drug smugglers, usually by public beheading.
The Irish Times
7
To qualify, he would have to perform a professional, technically perfect beheading.
The hangman's daughter
8
They are shooting down and beheading everybody who wears a white collar.
Erik Dorn
9
There was an art to beheading a chicken with only two hands.
Micah & Strange Candy
10
The gatecrasher lays down a seemingly absurd challenge, involving beheading and revenge.
The Guardian
11
This is more like a strangulation, while those were like a beheading.
Arcanum Unbounded
12
He said Muslim authorities should see the beheading as a call for action.
Reuters
13
The Islamic State group posted a Web video showing his beheading.
The Guardian
14
He was mistaken; there was case enough for beheading a marshal.
Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 06 (of 15), French
15
However, we do know that beheading the Sons of Darkness is pretty effective.
Taken by sin
16
And anyway, beheading Sexton is not longer enough to subdue them.
The Irish Times
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