behead
pronunciation
How to pronounce behead in British English:
UK [bɪˈhed]
How to pronounce behead in American English:
US [bɪˈhɛd]
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- Verb:
- cut the head of
Word Origin
- behead (v.)
- Old English beheafdian, from be-, here with privative force, + heafod (see head (n.)). Related: Beheaded; beheading.
Example
- 1. Henry viii gave the order to behead anne boleyn .
- 2. Can congenital gallbladder dilation behead a criminal or not ?
- 3. He ordered to behead the two leaders .
- 4. Get gold on the behead the dead level .
- 5. The japanese killed so many men that they found it quicker to bayonet them as they stood in a line , rather than behead them .