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behead

[bih-hed]

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.

  2. Geology.(of a pirate stream) to divert the headwaters of (a river, stream, etc.).



behead

/ ɪˈɛ /

verb

  1. (tr) to remove the head from; decapitate

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • beheadal noun
  • beheader noun
  • unbeheaded adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of behead1

before 1000; Middle English behe ( f ) den, beheveden, Old English ŧڻ徱. See be-, head
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of behead1

Old English ŧڻ徱 , from be- + heafod head ; related to Middle High German behoubeten
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She's the one that died, instead of being beheaded.

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He recently sparked anger with a tweet in which he threatened to behead opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine.

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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.

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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.

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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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