behead

Definitions


[bɪˈhɛd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- cut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution
(e.g: Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English behēafdian; from be- ‘off’ (expressing removal) + hēafod (see head)




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