behead

//bɪˈhɛd//
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Verb

beheadInfinitive
beheadPresent tense
beheadedPast tense
beheadedPast participle
beheadingPresent participle
beheadsThird-person singular
1

To cut off the head of someone, especially as a form of execution.

The king ordered to behead the traitor.

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