• Cethin
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    57 months ago

    I don’t think intent is required. Behead’s definition says “cut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution.” The especially part means it isn’t exclusive to that.

    Both Be-head and De-capit(ate) = Off-head

    • @pingveno@lemmy.ml
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      27 months ago

      I think this is just one of those “language is complicated” things. I’m seeing multiple definitions out there. I don’t know really how much it matters, it starts to approach a semantic argument and getting away from the actual concrete events that have occurred.