"snap someone's head off" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1915, Kathleen Norris, chapter 5, in The Story of Julia Page",
          "text": "\"Pa's awfully cranky,\" Mrs. Cox said resignedly. \"He's always been that way! You cook him corn beef hash—that's the night he wanted pork chops; never give someone corn beef hash when he wants pork chops sometimes he'll snap your head off if you speak.\"",
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          "ref": "1918, Kate Douglas Wiggin, chapter 8, in The Story Of Waitstill Baxter",
          "text": "He won't have a pleasant morning, I can tell you! I shall snap his head off every time he speaks to me.",
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        "To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark."
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        "(idiomatic) To suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark."
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        {
          "word": "bite someone's head off"
        }
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