be·head /biˈhed/ verb verb: behead; 3rd person present: beheads; past tense: beheaded; past
participle: beheaded; gerund or present participle: beheading
   1. cut off the head of (someone), typically as a form of execution.    "public beheadings"
   synonyms: decapitate, cut/chop/lop someone's head off, guillotine