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behead

be·head

behead

 
pronunciation:
b hed
part of speech: verb
inflections: beheads, beheading, beheaded
definition: to cut off the head of.
Louis XVI, the King of France, was beheaded during the French Revolution.
similar words:
execute, guillotine, kill