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to behead
01
to cut off someone's head
Transitive: to behead sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
behead
3rd person singular
beheads
Present participle
beheading
Past simple
beheaded
Past participle
beheaded
Examples
In medieval times, executioners would behead criminals in public squares.
Lexical Tree
beheaded
beheading
behead
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