1. the act of cutting off someone’s head, especially as a form of execution

Examples

• The beheading was carried out at dawn in the town square.
• Medieval beheadings were often public spectacles.
• The king ordered the beheading of the traitor.
• Historical records document numerous beheadings during that period.
• The beheading shocked the entire kingdom.
• Ancient civilizations practiced beheading as capital punishment.