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What does behead mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word behead? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To remove the head; cut someone's head off.
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In April, the Taliban used a 12-year-old boy to behead a Pakistani they believed was a spy.
Most likely it was some tradition from the days long ago when the executioners would personally behead the criminals.
He was about to behead him when he wounded himself with the cutting edge of his sword.
In several of these areas, insurgents have killed election officials and threatened to behead anyone who votes.
The emperor tried to execute him but the blade of the axe broke each time they tried to behead him.
Militants threatened to behead him unless their demand was met.

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