beheading

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From behead + -ing.

“And, what’s stranger still,” continued the priest, with his dull eye on the rhododendrons, “it’s the same disgusting sort; it’s another beheading. — The innocence of Father Brown, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Now, the beheading of the Sperm Whale is a scientific anatomical feat, upon which experienced whale surgeons very much pride themselves: and not without reason. — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville
A soldier, who was an adept in the art of beheading, used at such times to take off the heads of prisoners, who were brought in for that purpose. — The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete, Suetonius

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