Beheading is a word used to describe when someone or something’s head is cut off. Imagine you have a toy with a head that can come off, like a doll. When you take the head off the doll, it’s kind of like what beheading means, but with real people or animals, and it’s a very serious and sad thing. It’s important to know that this is not something we see every day because it’s not nice and is very scary.
Think of a flower with a beautiful bloom on top. If you pick the flower by cutting it just below the bloom, the flower loses its head. That’s similar to what beheading means. The flower without its bloom doesn’t look the same and can’t grow anymore.
Imagine a tree with a big, leafy top. If someone cuts off the top part, the tree loses its head. The tree is still there, but it can’t grow leaves or fruit anymore. Beheading is a word that describes taking away an important part of something, just like the top part of the tree or the bloom of a flower.