Decapitate

Decapitation was a common method of execution back in the middle ages. King Henry VIII had several wives and decapitated two of them. This was because they could not give him a son to be the heir of his throne. Decapitation means beheading or cutting of someone's head. When King Henry VIII decapitated someone, he would make them get on their knees, put their head under a guillotine, tie them down, and let the blade drop, cutting off their head in front of thousands of Londoners.