Decapitation - Wikipedia The term beheading refers to the act of deliberately decapitating a person, either as a means of murder or as an execution; it may be performed with an axe, sword, or knife, or by mechanical means such as a guillotine An executioner who carries out executions by beheading is sometimes called a headsman [1]
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behead - Wiktionary, the free dictionary 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
What does behead mean? - Definitions. net To behead means to cut off the head of a person or animal, typically as a form of execution It can also refer to the removal of a leader or ruler The term can also be used figuratively in certain contexts