behead

They not only kill soldiers in battle, they behead them and burn them.

When Khaled Saad answers his phone there is often a voice on the other end threatening to behead him.

Right now a young woman whose husband tried to behead her is recovering from her injuries in a Ghor hospital.

I suspect the Brits used to behead people for lesser breaches of protocol.

He stepped forward as he spoke, and his esquire gave him the two-hand Sword of State, heavy enough to behead a bisonoid.

The weak thread of his patience broke, and in a fearful passion he commanded the guards to behead me at once.

Behead a time-piece, and leave something by which treasures are protected.

Behead a gulf on the coast of Africa, and leave a lair of wild beasts.

Behead a basket or hamper, and leave standard or proportion.