Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun beheading

2 senses of beheading

Sense 1
decapitation, beheading -- (execution by cutting off the victim's head)
       => execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty -- (putting a condemned person to death)

Sense 2
decapitation, beheading -- (killing by cutting off the head)
       => killing, kill, putting to death -- (the act of terminating a life)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb behead

1 sense of behead

Sense 1
decapitate, behead, decollate -- (cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")