Further
Head off
Head off verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Usage example: if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster
Both terms in one sentence
- Burning the head off a gnome guard because he just denied you the authority to pass any further: Not very funny.
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He kills or tortures many people (mainly, anybody working against Krantz); this includes women and even murdering Cameron Mahone and blowing the child's head off post-mortem to mutilate the corpse just to spite his father Alexander Mahone further.
Source: Monster / Live-Action TV -
She takes it a step further and cuts his head off.
Source: Heroic Seductress
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