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behead
[bih-hed]
verb (used with object)
to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
Geology.(of a pirate stream) to divert the headwaters of (a river, stream, etc.).
behead
/ ɪˈɛ /
verb
(tr) to remove the head from; decapitate
Other 51Թ Forms
- beheadal noun
- beheader noun
- unbeheaded adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of behead1
Example Sentences
She's the one that died, instead of being beheaded.
He recently sparked anger with a tweet in which he threatened to behead opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine.
Honor shapes Ned's life, one that concludes with him confessing to a crime he didn’t commit before he’s beheaded for the enjoyment of snarling smallfolk he tried to protect.
Henry Courtenay's beheading was one of four the family has suffered, so for the current Earl of Devon "executions" - as he puts it - are nothing new.
Holding an ax, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.
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