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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 Word Forms
- ·a noun
- ·İ noun
- ܲb·Ļ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of behead1
Example Sentences
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.
One of the men's social media accounts shows an image of a naked woman being beheaded and the words "the future of women".
Trump’s deep vision for building unity is by banishing, belittling or politically beheading anyone who doesn’t fall into line.
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