Sinonim beheading

English Thesaurus

1. killing by cutting off the head (noun.act)

hypernym	:	kill, killing, putting to death,
definition	:	the act of terminating a life (noun.act)

2. execution by cutting off the victim's head (noun.act)

hypernym	:	capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution,
definition	:	putting a condemned person to death (noun.act)