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Behead

To sever the head from; to take off the head of.

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Manner of action 1

Guillotine 76% connected

A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the ne…

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Decapitate 92% connected

To cut off the head of; to behead.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Decollate 92% connected

To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Assume verb · 78% connection

To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.

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Brad noun · 78% connection

A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat ci…

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Break verb · 78% connection

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to br…

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Cephalo unknown · 78% connection

A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.

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Chop verb · 78% connection

To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.

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Crown noun · 78% connection

The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; als…

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Cut verb · 78% connection

To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.

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Disappropriate verb · 78% connection

To sever from appropriation or possession a spiritual corporation.

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Disconnect verb · 78% connection

To dissolve the union or connection of; to disunite; to sever; to separate; to disperse.

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Dispart verb · 78% connection

To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers.

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Dissever verb · 78% connection

To part in two; to sever thoroughly; to sunder; to disunite; to separate; to disperse.

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Disunite verb · 78% connection

To destroy the union of; to divide; to part; to sever; to disjoin; to sunder; to separate; as, to disunite particles of matter.

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Divide verb · 78% connection

To part asunder (a whole); to sever into two or more parts or pieces; to sunder; to separate into parts.

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Head noun · 78% connection

The place where the head should go; as, the head of a bed, of a grave, etc.; the head of a carriage, that is, the hood which covers th…

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Hermes noun · 78% connection

Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and sho…

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Horn noun · 78% connection

Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A proje…

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Impark verb · 78% connection

To inclose for a park; to sever from a common; hence, to inclose or shut up.

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Inherit verb · 78% connection

To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose esta…

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