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[ bih-hed ] / bɪˈhɛd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR behead ON THESAURUS.COM
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.). Origin of beheadbefore 1000; Middle English behe(f)den,beheveden,Old English behēafdian.See be-, head OTHER WORDS FROM beheadbe·head·al, nounbe·head·er, nounun·be·head·ed, adjectiveWords nearby beheadbehavioural science, behavioural sink, behaviourism, behaviour therapy, Behçet's syndrome, behead, beheld, behemoth, behenic, behenic acid, behest Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beheadThey not only kill soldiers in battle, they behead them and burn them. Iraqi Soldiers Bribe Officers So They Don't Have to Fight ISIS|Niqash|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST When Khaled Saad answers his phone there is often a voice on the other end threatening to behead him. Battle for the Sinai|Sophia Jones|July 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST Right now a young woman whose husband tried to behead her is recovering from her injuries in a Ghor hospital. The Underground Educator|Gayle Tzemach Lemmon|March 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST I suspect the Brits used to behead people for lesser breaches of protocol. The Power of Michelle|Katty Kay|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Therefore, in order to realise the perfection, let us behead them. Essays on Political Economy|Frederic Bastiat If the victim dies, please find out for me whether they behead, hang, or electrocute in Japan for capital punishment. A Yankee in the Far East|George Hoyt Allen In a lecture to his pupils the surgeon repeated this in strong language, declaring that "no man can behead himself." The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick|Charles Bradlaugh Therefore, in order to realize the perfection, let us behead them. Sophisms of the Protectionists|Frederic Bastiat He stepped forward as he spoke, and his esquire gave him the two-hand Sword of State, heavy enough to behead a bisonoid. Space Viking|Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for behead
verb(tr) to remove the head from; decapitate Word Origin for beheadOld English behēafdian, from be- + heafod head; related to Middle High German behoubeten Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to beheadexecute, guillotine, kill, head, neck, decollate |