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单词 behead
释义

behead

verb

be·​head bi-ˈhed How to pronounce behead (audio)
bē-
beheaded; beheading; beheads

transitive verb

: to cut off the head of : decapitate

Synonyms

  • decapitate
  • guillotine
  • head
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Example Sentences

Louis XVI was beheaded in 1793. Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth.
Recent Examples on the Web In Indian Kashmir, police arrested a youth for posting a video threatening to behead the ruling party's former spokeswoman who had made some of the remarks, officials said. Reuters, CNN, 12 June 2022 They were armed with a camera, posing in the foreground while players held the Stanley Cup near Lobnoye Mesto — the Place of Skulls — where 16th-century czar Ivan the Terrible was said to behead his rivals. Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2022 The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, though the kingdom continued to behead convicts under King Salman and his assertive son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. NBC News, 14 Mar. 2022 In 2017, in the process of expanding his cattle shed, Morandi Bonacossi said, the farmer managed to behead one of the monumental reliefs with a bulldozer. New York Times, 20 Apr. 2022 The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, though the kingdom continued to behead convicts under King Salman and his assertive son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. NBC News, 14 Mar. 2022 The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, though the kingdom continued to behead convicts under King Salman and his assertive son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. NBC News, 14 Mar. 2022 The actresses then got a lesson in cutting bait from the boat's deckhand, who showed them how to behead a squid. Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com, 25 Mar. 2022 The number of death penalty cases being carried out in Saudi Arabia had dropped during the coronavirus pandemic, though the kingdom continued to behead convicts under King Salman and his assertive son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. NBC News, 14 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

behead

verb

be·​head bi-ˈhed How to pronounce behead (audio)
beheaded; beheading
: to cut off the head of

behead

verb

as in to decapitate
to cut off the head of Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • decapitate
  • head
  • guillotine
  • shorten
  • trim
  • prune
  • scalp
  • decollate
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