décapiter

Le consul français a personnellement entendu les bachibouzouks raconter avec plaisir à leur public attentif que lorsqu'ils décapitaient des enfants, ils regardaient avec curiosité leurs petits corps tomber et rouler au sol comme des poulets abattus."
The French consul himself heard how the bashibazouks told their attentive audience with delight that, as they cut the heads off children, they watched with curiosity as their small bodies fell and rolled around like slaughtered chickens.'
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