Crossword-Solution: BEHEADING
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Beheading | p. pr. & vb. n. | of Behead |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
ERAA
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with BEHEADING (5)
Have you noticed how ready we are to forgive those on our side for doing that for which we would bitterly condemn our opponents? The same people who condemn the Empress Dowager for beheading the six young reformers stand ready to forgive Kuang Hsu for ordering the decapitation of Jung Lu, and the imprisonment of his foster-mother.
For this reason he thought the punishment of the guilty Count might be transmuted into beheading, which was considered all over Europe as much less infamous.
The beheading was appointed for fourteen and a-half o’clock, Roman time: or a quarter before nine in the forenoon.
But, although the citizens could bear the beheading of an unpopular lord, they could not bear to have their houses pillaged.
Transportation and beheading were reserved for honorable persons; meaner criminals were either hanged, or burnt, or buried in the mines, or exposed to the wild beasts of the amphitheatre.
Quotes with BEHEADING (3)
While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and skinning people. They're peculiar that way.
I've never understood one thing: Why do all these megalomaniac dictators, secret societies, mad scientists, and totalitarian aliens want to rule the world? I mean really? Don't they know what a pain in the neck it is to be in charge? People are always making unreasonable demands of kings. "Please save us from the invading Vandal hoards! Please make sure we have proper sanitation to prevent the spread of disease! Please stop beheading your wives so often; it's ruining the rugs!
If you look at Isis beheading women and children, if you are like me, you are not thinking, one of these would make a great missionary.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2009).