to behead
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7.4
- verb
- /bɪˈhɛd/
- Offensive
:
decapitar
- With a swift strike, Beowulf beheaded Grendel's mother, flooding her lair with cleansing holy light.
- beheaded slaves
- beheading videos
- to behead one
And at that point, I understood that he was going to behead me.
- And at that point, I understood that he was going to behead me.
- A Hamas terrorist screaming Allahu Akbar when he tries to behead a man with a shovel who was writhing on the ground.
- He wasn't, you know, this, this he was not advocating, you know, to go round up the Royals and behead them.
- He was actually aiming for her shoulder, but she was super fast and she dodged his blow but went the wrong way and he literally beheaded her.
- The idea in Iraq and Afghanistan will beheading hostages.
- A Hamas terrorist screaming Allahu Akbar when he tries to behead a man with a shovel who was arriving on the ground.
Examples
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In 1649, Charles I, an anointed monarch, was publicly tried and beheaded by his own subjects.
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The ancient warrior was beheaded in battle as a sign of bravery and sacrifice.
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My own mother was beheaded when I was just 2 years old.
Fiction book (2000) -
The scene apparently shows a ruler about to behead a sacrificial victim.
Academic text (2008) -
Tower Green is where Anne Boleyn was beheaded.
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She's the one who was beheaded by King Henry VIII.
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Tower Green is where Anne Boleyn was beheaded during the reign of Henry VIII.
Synonyms
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7.9
Cut off the head of a person or animal
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7.6
To kill someone as a legal punishment
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8.9
To kill someone by dropping a heavy angled blade on their neck
To cut off the head of a person or animal
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Behead comes from be- + head, and it literally means to 'remove the head'. So it means to cut off someone's head, often as a punishment.