as in to head
to cut off the head of
Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth
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Six weeks later, on July 28, Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill.
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Jane, who may have been as young as 16, is shown blindfolded as an executioner with an axe waits to behead her.
—Pan Pylas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
An Islamist group linked to Islamic State called the AFD is feared to have beheaded the victims with machetes in the province of North Kivu, highlighting the violence against Christians in some parts of the globe.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Just last month, Islamist ADF terrorists, who want the eastern part of the country to become a Muslim Caliphate, rounded up 70 Christians and beheaded them – in a church.
—Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Members of Daesh, a terror organization, beheaded the 21 men on the beach and then posted the photographs in Dabiq, its propaganda magazine.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2025
On February 8, Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
Among other instances of violence related to animals, Bobby's 36-year-old daughter, Kick Kennedy, recalled in a 2012 interview that her father once beheaded a whale.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Jane, who may have been as young as 16, is shown blindfolded as an executioner with an axe waits to behead her.
—Pan Pylas, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
An Islamist group linked to Islamic State called the AFD is feared to have beheaded the victims with machetes in the province of North Kivu, highlighting the violence against Christians in some parts of the globe.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Just last month, Islamist ADF terrorists, who want the eastern part of the country to become a Muslim Caliphate, rounded up 70 Christians and beheaded them – in a church.
—Paul Tilsley, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
Members of Daesh, a terror organization, beheaded the 21 men on the beach and then posted the photographs in Dabiq, its propaganda magazine.
—Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2025
On February 8, Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
Among other instances of violence related to animals, Bobby's 36-year-old daughter, Kick Kennedy, recalled in a 2012 interview that her father once beheaded a whale.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.
—Sarah Holzmann, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Behead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/behead. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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