behead
verb (used with object)
to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
have beheaded
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present perfectof behead.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Herod said, "I have beheaded John; but who is this of whom I hear these stories?"
From The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman
My poor fellow, in your anxiety to carry out my wishes you have beheaded the heir to the throne of Japan!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
Then Nero commanded to his brother to smite off his head, and when he supposed to have beheaded Simon, he beheaded a ram.
From Bible Stories and Religious Classics by Philip P. Wells
Avalanches have beheaded the oldest of these giants, but their denuded trunks throw out wisps of new foliage with each returning spring.
From Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers
I see the child Miard Perish, and David the old man, and weep; They'd have beheaded me, but I am missing.
From L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand
