Meaning & use
Behead
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To cut off the head of a person, typically as a method of execution.
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The king ordered his advisor to be beheaded for treason.
Historical accounts describe how the executioner would behead prisoners with a single stroke.
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From Old English 'beheafdian,' formed from the prefix 'be-' and 'heafod,' meaning head.
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