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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  • The film begins release in New York tomorrow, October 15, then heads to Los Angeles on October 17 with a national rollout to follow.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Memphis heads to Alabama, and USC at Texas Tech rounds out the field.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Beheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beheads. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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