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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. cut the head of;
- Example: "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"
[syn: decapitate, behead, decollate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Behead \Be*head"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beheaded; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Beheading.] [OE. bihefden, AS. behe['a]fdian; pref. be-
   + he['a]fod head. See Head.]
   To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

behead
    v 1: cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the
         Revolution" [syn: decapitate, behead, decollate]