behead
/bɪˈhɛd/ verb C1- To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
He/she/it beheads · Past beheaded · Past participle beheaded · -ing form beheading
Verb forms
- Base form
- behead
- He/she/it
- beheads
- Past
- beheaded
- Past participle
- beheaded
- -ing form
- beheading
From the library
“I heard the Queen say only yesterday you deserved to be beheaded!”
“You shan’t be beheaded!” said Alice, and she put them into a large flower-pot that stood near.
They’re dreadfully fond of beheading people here; the great wonder is, that there’s any one left alive!”
The King’s argument was, that anything that had a head could be beheaded, and that you weren’t to talk nonsense.
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