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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Behead

/bĭh-ĕd'/ · Be·head · IPA /bɪˈhɛd/
01 v. t. To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
imp. & p. p. Beheaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Beheading
  1. 1.
    To sever the head from; to take off the head of.