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behead /bɪˈhɛd /verbCut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution: Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay...- People were beheaded and killed during the last five weeks of the war.
- They hold hands as the line in front of them thins, as the prisoners are beheaded one by one.
- In several of these areas, insurgents have killed election officials and threatened to behead anyone who votes.
Synonyms decapitate, cut off the head of, guillotine; execute, put to death, kill OriginOld English behēafdian; from be- 'off' (expressing removal) + hēafod (see head). Rhymesabed, ahead, bed, Birkenhead, bled, bread, bred, coed, cred, crossbred, dead, dread, Ed, embed, Enzed, fed, fled, Fred, gainsaid, head, infrared, ked, lead, led, Med, misled, misread, Ned, outspread, premed, pure-bred, read, red, redd, said, samoyed, shed, shred, sked, sled, sped, Spithead, spread, stead, ted, thread, tread, underbred, underfed, wed |