behead
verb (used with object)
to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
beheader
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a word derived from
behead.
Example Sentences
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The beheader is used in California, as it was before 1870, and in the prairie regions the sheaf-carrier has recently been introduced, holding the sheaves until enough are collected to make a shock.
From If Not Silver, What? by John W. Bookwalter
