(v. t.) To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
Example Sentences:
(1) And it is getting worse every day.” He shows a gruesome image from his Facebook page on his phone showing a Kurdish fighter being beheaded by Isis jihadis.
(2) The beheading of British aid worker David Haines on 13 September and the start of US-led bombardment of Isis positions in Syria on 23 September were followed by large anti- then pro-Isis reactions.
(3) He said Kashmiri wanted newspaper staff beheaded and the heads thrown from the building to send a message to the Danish authorities.
(4) They beheaded him with an axe and cut him into pieces," said Moomin Abdallah Ahmed, a Muslim trader in the Lakouanga suburb.
(5) The blackout remained in place until Kassig appeared in a video released last week, which showed the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning .
(6) But perhaps their most provocative piece of electioneering was an A6 election card with a photo of Muslim extremists holding up a placard reading: "Behead those who insult Islam".
(7) The kidnap and beheading of Croatian national Tomislav Salopek by the Islamic State affiliate Sinai Province in August 2015 was seen as an unusual instance of kidnap of a foreign national in Egypt.
(8) It’s been very interesting, with this second beheading, how very little of those images have been passed around,” said Family Online Safety Institute CEO Stephen Balkam, who serves on Facebook’s safety advisory board.
(9) While the beheading of hostages from the US, Britain and Japan drew condemnation from most religious sects within Islam , the gruesome images of the airman’s murder served as a unifying battlecry for Muslims across the world.
(10) But with prime minister Shinzo Abe stating that the chilling recording, purportedly released by Isis on Saturday, is genuine, the beheading of Haruna Yukawa marks a violent end to a troubled life.
(11) Its sheiks and warlords, the fawned-upon princes who once did as they wished – buying up most of Streatham in the morning, beheading someone for sorcery in the afternoon – well, they’re dust and shadow now.
(12) Egypt has called for UN-backed international intervention in Libya after launching air strikes on Islamic State (Isis) targets following the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.
(13) Ruddock told the ABC’s Q&A program that an informant who witnessed a beheading in Syria would be unlikely to be able to come to Australia to give evidence in court.
(14) The government of Japan is in contact with the US government about the details.” Emwazi is believed to have beheaded two Japanese hostages, journalist Kenji Goto and security consultant Haruna Yukawa , earlier this year.
(15) Reprieve claims two Pakistani men convicted in the Saudi courts are due to be beheaded very soon.
(16) Earlier reports said the group were beheaded because they had attended a party that insurgents considered immoral.
(17) Abu Haleema had contact with a teenage jihadi who wanted to carry out a beheading on Anzac Day in Australia.
(18) Three were later beheaded, while a fourth was believed to have been killed in a Jordanian air strike.
(19) Last month, Egypt’s branch of the Islamic State group beheaded a Croatian oil worker who was abducted near Cairo, at the edge of the Western Desert.
(20) The cow was beheaded on the 54th day after abortion.
Beheading
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Behead
Example Sentences:
(1) And it is getting worse every day.” He shows a gruesome image from his Facebook page on his phone showing a Kurdish fighter being beheaded by Isis jihadis.
(2) The beheading of British aid worker David Haines on 13 September and the start of US-led bombardment of Isis positions in Syria on 23 September were followed by large anti- then pro-Isis reactions.
(3) He said Kashmiri wanted newspaper staff beheaded and the heads thrown from the building to send a message to the Danish authorities.
(4) They beheaded him with an axe and cut him into pieces," said Moomin Abdallah Ahmed, a Muslim trader in the Lakouanga suburb.
(5) The blackout remained in place until Kassig appeared in a video released last week, which showed the beheading of British aid worker Alan Henning .
(6) But perhaps their most provocative piece of electioneering was an A6 election card with a photo of Muslim extremists holding up a placard reading: "Behead those who insult Islam".
(7) The kidnap and beheading of Croatian national Tomislav Salopek by the Islamic State affiliate Sinai Province in August 2015 was seen as an unusual instance of kidnap of a foreign national in Egypt.
(8) It’s been very interesting, with this second beheading, how very little of those images have been passed around,” said Family Online Safety Institute CEO Stephen Balkam, who serves on Facebook’s safety advisory board.
(9) While the beheading of hostages from the US, Britain and Japan drew condemnation from most religious sects within Islam , the gruesome images of the airman’s murder served as a unifying battlecry for Muslims across the world.
(10) But with prime minister Shinzo Abe stating that the chilling recording, purportedly released by Isis on Saturday, is genuine, the beheading of Haruna Yukawa marks a violent end to a troubled life.
(11) Its sheiks and warlords, the fawned-upon princes who once did as they wished – buying up most of Streatham in the morning, beheading someone for sorcery in the afternoon – well, they’re dust and shadow now.
(12) Egypt has called for UN-backed international intervention in Libya after launching air strikes on Islamic State (Isis) targets following the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.
(13) Ruddock told the ABC’s Q&A program that an informant who witnessed a beheading in Syria would be unlikely to be able to come to Australia to give evidence in court.
(14) The government of Japan is in contact with the US government about the details.” Emwazi is believed to have beheaded two Japanese hostages, journalist Kenji Goto and security consultant Haruna Yukawa , earlier this year.
(15) Reprieve claims two Pakistani men convicted in the Saudi courts are due to be beheaded very soon.
(16) Earlier reports said the group were beheaded because they had attended a party that insurgents considered immoral.
(17) Abu Haleema had contact with a teenage jihadi who wanted to carry out a beheading on Anzac Day in Australia.
(18) Three were later beheaded, while a fourth was believed to have been killed in a Jordanian air strike.
(19) Last month, Egypt’s branch of the Islamic State group beheaded a Croatian oil worker who was abducted near Cairo, at the edge of the Western Desert.
(20) The cow was beheaded on the 54th day after abortion.