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What does behead mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive) To remove the head; cut someone's head off.
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They were also tremendous goldsmiths, outstanding farmers, skilled carpenters, refined men who anyway were used to behead their enemies.
One famous drama critic, the late Alexander Woollcott, could behead a new play with a single thrust of his pen.
Most likely it was some tradition from the days long ago when the executioners would personally behead the criminals.
The soldier, killed by two Islamists who attempted to behead and disembowel him, was 25 years old and had a two year old son.
If the victim dies, please find out for me whether they behead, hang, or electrocute in Japan for capital punishment.
A guillotine was consequently developed that could behead twenty-five persons at a time.

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