(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If someone is ~ed, their head is cut off, usually because they have been found guilty of a crime.
Charles I was ~ed by the Cromwellians.
= decapitate
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If someone is ~ed, their head is cut off, usually because they have been found guilty of a crime.
Charles I was ~ed by the Cromwellians.
= decapitate
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012