noun
1. execution by cutting off the victim's head
• Syn: ↑beheading
• Hypernyms: ↑execution, ↑executing, ↑capital punishment, ↑death penalty
2. killing by cutting off the head
• Syn: ↑beheading
• Hypernyms: ↑killing, ↑kill, ↑putting to death
Useful english dictionary. 2012.