1. beheading

noun. ['bɪˈhɛdɪŋ'] execution by cutting off the victim's head.

Words that Rhyme with Beheading

• retreading
• spreading
• treading
• threading
• sledding
• shredding
• dreading
• breading
• wedding
• shedding
• redding
• reading
• kaeding
• hedding
• bedding

Example sentences of the word beheading

1. Verb, gerund or present participle
Hot temperatures and beheading can force the tree to turn female.

2. Noun, singular or mass
Nearby, the macabre Executioner’s Fountain was where the axeman cleaned his weapon after a beheading**.

Quotes containing the word beheading

1. I figured all your classes were stuff like Slaughter 101 and Beheading for Beginners."Jace flipped a page. "Very funny, Fray.
- Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

2. Years of imprisoning and beheading writers never succeeded in shutting them out. However, placing them in the heart of a market and rewarding them with a lot of commercial success, has.
- Arundhati Roy

2. beheading

noun. ['bɪˈhɛdɪŋ'] killing by cutting off the head.