beheads

present tense third-person singular of behead
as in heads
to cut off the head of Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth

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Recent Examples of beheads As king, Shakespeare’s Macbeth meets a tragic end when civil war erupts and his rival Macduff beheads him. Marlene L. Daut september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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  • Sergio Gor, who heads the office of White House Personnel, and who is the nominee for Ambassador to India, has now been given the title Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The winner heads into another hornet’s nest against the Toronto Blue Jays in an AL Division Series on Saturday.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Beheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beheads. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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