behead
verb (used with object)
to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
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In Florida several enterprising entrepreneurs are beheading standard model Toyotas, Datsuns, Cadillacs, Pontiacs and Ford Mustangs to recreate the mystery of a car without a roof.
From Time Magazine Archive
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