behead

verb

bi-ˈhed How to pronounce behead (audio)
Definition of beheadnext
as in to head
to cut off the head of Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth

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Recent Examples of behead Six weeks later, on July 28, Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025 Jane, who may have been as young as 16, is shown blindfolded as an executioner with an axe waits to behead her. — Pan Pylas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025 An Islamist group linked to Islamic State called the AFD is feared to have beheaded the victims with machetes in the province of North Kivu, highlighting the violence against Christians in some parts of the globe. — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025

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