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behead
verb as in cut off the head of
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They not only kill soldiers in battle, they behead them and burn them.
When Khaled Saad answers his phone there is often a voice on the other end threatening to behead him.
Right now a young woman whose husband tried to behead her is recovering from her injuries in a Ghor hospital.
I suspect the Brits used to behead people for lesser breaches of protocol.
He stepped forward as he spoke, and his esquire gave him the two-hand Sword of State, heavy enough to behead a bisonoid.
The weak thread of his patience broke, and in a fearful passion he commanded the guards to behead me at once.
Behead a time-piece, and leave something by which treasures are protected.
Behead a gulf on the coast of Africa, and leave a lair of wild beasts.
Behead a basket or hamper, and leave standard or proportion.
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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to behead, such as: decapitate, execute, decollate, guillotine, kill, and chop off one's head.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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