"beheading" meaning in English

See beheading in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: beheadings [plural]
Etymology: From behead + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|behead|-ing}} behead + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} beheading (countable and uncountable, plural beheadings)
  1. An instance of a person being beheaded. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Capital punishment Synonyms: decapitation, decollation Related terms: subheading Translations (an instance of beheading): 斬首 (Chinese Mandarin), 斩首 (zhǎnshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 斬罪 (Chinese Mandarin), 斩罪 (zhǎnzuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 斷頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 断头 (duàntóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 殺頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 杀头 (shātóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 問斬 (Chinese Mandarin), 问斩 (wènzhǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), dekapitace [feminine] (Czech), stětí [neuter] (Czech), halshugning [common-gender] (Danish), onthoofding (Dutch), senkapigo (Esperanto), pea maha raiumine (Estonian), mestaus (Finnish), décapitation (French), Enthauptung [feminine] (German), αποκεφαλισμός (apokefalismós) [masculine] (Greek), עריפה (a'rifa) [feminine] (Hebrew), lefejezés (Hungarian), decapitazione [feminine] (Italian), 打ち首 (uchikubi) (Japanese), ការកាត់ក្បាល (kaa kat kbaal) (Khmer), 참수 (chamsu) (alt: 斬首) (Korean), обезглавување (obezglavuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), halshugging [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), halshugning [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ścięcie [neuter] (Polish), kęsim [neuter] (Polish), decapitação [feminine] (Portuguese), обезгла́вливание (obezglávlivanije) [neuter] (Russian), dì-cheannadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), decapitación [feminine] (Spanish), degüello [masculine] (Spanish), descabezamiento [masculine] (Spanish), halshuggning [common-gender] (Swedish), boynunu vurma (Turkish)
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Verb

Etymology: From behead + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|behead|-ing}} behead + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} beheading
  1. present participle and gerund of behead Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: behead
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    {
      "form": "beheadings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "beheading (countable and uncountable, plural beheadings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "subheading"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Capital punishment"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A large crowd gathered to see the beheading.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The guillotine was meant to humanize beheadings, but allowed the French Revolution to execute people at an industrial rate.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instance of a person being beheaded."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "behead",
          "behead"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "decapitation"
    },
    {
      "word": "decollation"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "斬首"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǎnshǒu",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "斩首"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "斬罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǎnzuì",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "斩罪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "斷頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duàntóu",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "断头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "殺頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shātóu",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "杀头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "問斬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wènzhǎn",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "问斩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dekapitace"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stětí"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "halshugning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "onthoofding"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "senkapigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "pea maha raiumine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "mestaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "décapitation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Enthauptung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apokefalismós",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αποκεφαλισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "a'rifa",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "עריפה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "lefejezés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "decapitazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "uchikubi",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "打ち首"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa kat kbaal",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "ការកាត់ក្បាល"
    },
    {
      "alt": "斬首",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chamsu",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "word": "참수"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "obezglavuvanje",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обезглавување"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halshugging"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "halshugning"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ścięcie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an instance of beheading",
      "tags": [
        "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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