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[ verb ] cut the head of
Synonyms Examples "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution" Used in print (Robert Deardorff, "Step by Step Through Istanbul"...)Going through the Imperial_Gate in the wall , I entered the grounds of Topkapi_Palace , home of the Sultans and nerve_center of the vast Ottoman_Empire , and walked along a road toward another gate in the distance , past the Church of St._Irene , completed by Constantine in 330 A._D. on my left , and_then , just outside the second gate , I saw a spring with a tap in the wall on my right - the Executioner 's Spring , where he washed his hands and his sword after beheading his victims . Related terms |
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