beheads
Severs at neck
Beheads is the third-person singular of behead, meaning to cut off someone's head.
The word appears in historical contexts—executioners beheaded condemned prisoners—and in news coverage of terrorist killings.
The queen beheads her enemies suggests both literal execution and ruthless elimination of opposition.
Removes the head
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- executionerOne who kills condemned
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- axeBladed tool for chopping
sword · chopping block · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · headsman · blade · severing · capital punishment
Removes the head
- seversCuts completely through
- slaysKills or impresses wildly
- killsCauses to die
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
brutal · gruesome · machete · ISIS · terrorism · horror · gore · combat
decapitates
Removes the head
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- executionerOne who kills condemned
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
axe · sword · chopping block · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · headsman · blade · severing · capital punishment · block
decapitates
Removes the head
murder · brutal · gruesome · machete · ISIS · terrorism · horror · gore · combat · massacre
deadheads
Removed spent flower heads
trims · snips · pinches · removes · flowers · blooms · stems · gardening · shears · roses
leads
Goes in front
surpasses · dominates · outranks · commands · directs · captains · spearheads · presides · chairs · oversees
beheadshangs
Is suspended from above
electrocutes · shoots · poisons · crucifies · drowns
beheadsreattaches
Secures again after separation
heals · restores · reconnects · mends · preserves