See beheading on Wiktionary
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"neuter"
],
"word": "kęsim"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "an instance of beheading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decapitação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obezglávlivanije",
"sense": "an instance of beheading",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "обезгла́вливание"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "an instance of beheading",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dì-cheannadh"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an instance of beheading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "decapitación"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an instance of beheading",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "degüello"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "an instance of beheading",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "descabezamiento"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "an instance of beheading",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "halshuggning"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "an instance of beheading",
"word": "boynunu vurma"
}
],
"word": "beheading"
}
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