verb
- cuts off the head of a person or animal, especially as a form of execution
Usage: third person singular present tense of ‘behead’
Examples
- The executioner beheads the condemned prisoner.
- In the story, the queen beheads anyone who disobeys her.
- The knight beheads the dragon with his sword.
- History tells us that King Henry VIII beheads two of his wives.
- The guillotine quickly beheads its victims.
- The warrior beheads his enemy in battle.