behead - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Verb behead (third-person singular simple present beheads, present participle beheading, simple past and past participle beheaded) Leonard Siffleet, an Australian prisoner of war, was beheaded by Japanese soldiers in 1943 (transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head
behead - WordReference. com Dictionary of English behead bɪˈhɛd vb (transitive) to remove the head from; decapitate Etymology: Old English behēafdian, from be- + heafod head; related to Middle High German behoubeten 'behead' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): decapitate - guillotine - recoup - caboshed - decollate - head - kill - neck - unbeheaded