behead
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 behead
1Other words from behead
- be·head·al, noun
- be·head·er, noun
- un·be·head·ed, adjective
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How to use behead in a sentence
In Karnataka, meanwhile, a 25-year-old Muslim man was found beheaded for his affair with a Hindu girl, allegedly by a local Hindu vigilante group.
I mentalize beheading each axon withan engraved fountain pen.
Five poems about the mind | Cynthia Miller, Paula Bohince, Anthony Anaxagorou, Tishani Doshi, Zeina Hashem Beck | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewBoleyn became queen but was beheaded for treason when she didn’t bear a son.
Then they took out their once‑glimmering knives, now turned brown by Kobani’s dust and rubble, and beheaded her corpse right there on the street for all their men to see.
The Women Who Fought to Defend Their Homes Against ISIS | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | February 22, 2021 | TimeSometimes the Islamic State shared images of beheaded YPJ fighters on social media.
The Women Who Fought to Defend Their Homes Against ISIS | Gayle Tzemach Lemmon | February 22, 2021 | Time
They 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 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen Khaled Saad answers his phone there is often a voice on the other end threatening to behead him.
Right now a young woman whose husband tried to behead her is recovering from her injuries in a Ghor hospital.
I suspect the Brits used to behead people for lesser breaches of protocol.
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 PiperThe weak thread of his patience broke, and in a fearful passion he commanded the guards to behead me at once.
An Egyptian Princess, Complete | Georg Ebersbehead a time-piece, and leave something by which treasures are protected.
Harper's Young People, July 12, 1881 | Variousbehead a gulf on the coast of Africa, and leave a lair of wild beasts.
Harper's Young People, April 19, 1881 | Variousbehead a basket or hamper, and leave standard or proportion.
British Dictionary definitions for behead
/ (bɪˈhɛd) /
(tr) to remove the head from; decapitate
Origin of behead
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