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单词 behead
释义

behead

/bɪˈhɛd /
verb
Cut 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

Origin

Old English behēafdian; from be- 'off' (expressing removal) + hēafod (see head).

Rhymes

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