BEHEAD
decapitate, behead, decollate
(verb) cut the head of; āthe French King was beheaded during the Revolutionā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
behead (third-person singular simple present beheads, present participle beheading, simple past and past participle beheaded)
(transitive) To remove the head of; to cut someone's head off.
Synonyms
• decapitate
• decollate
Source: Wiktionary
Be*head", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beheaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Beheading.] Etym: [OE. bihefden, AS. beheƔfdian; pref. be- + heƔfod head. See Head.]
Definition: To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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