Definition for Behead (-s)

behead (-s), v. [OE be- + héafod; see head, n.] (webplay: off).

Decapitate; decollate; take the head off; kill by depriving of the head (see 2 Samuel 4:7); [fig.] freeze; kill blooms with freezing temperatures.

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