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Definition of behead in English: beheadverb bɪˈhɛdbəˈhɛd Cut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution. （尤指作为死刑）砍…的头 Mary was beheaded at Fotheringhay Example sentencesExamples - On 30 January 1649 the King was beheaded in front of a huge crowd at Whitehall.
- Charles I was beheaded in January 1649 and in May of that year Brouncker's mother died.
- A garter ribbon worn by King Charles I on the day he was beheaded was sold for £4,400 yesterday.
- Militants threatened to behead him unless their demand was met.
- They hold hands as the line in front of them thins, as the prisoners are beheaded one by one.
- His father was beheaded simply because he happened to be the head of a religious body.
- In several of these areas, insurgents have killed election officials and threatened to behead anyone who votes.
- His explanations that he was trying to steer the rising were brushed aside and he was beheaded on Tower Hill in June 1537.
- People were beheaded and killed during the last five weeks of the war.
- Within three years he had tired of Anne Boleyn and she was beheaded in 1536, accused of treason and adultery.
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 Definition of behead in US English: beheadverbbəˈhedbəˈhɛd Cut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution. （尤指作为死刑）砍…的头 Example sentencesExamples - A garter ribbon worn by King Charles I on the day he was beheaded was sold for £4,400 yesterday.
- Within three years he had tired of Anne Boleyn and she was beheaded in 1536, accused of treason and adultery.
- People were beheaded and killed during the last five weeks of the war.
- In several of these areas, insurgents have killed election officials and threatened to behead anyone who votes.
- His father was beheaded simply because he happened to be the head of a religious body.
- Charles I was beheaded in January 1649 and in May of that year Brouncker's mother died.
- On 30 January 1649 the King was beheaded in front of a huge crowd at Whitehall.
- His explanations that he was trying to steer the rising were brushed aside and he was beheaded on Tower Hill in June 1537.
- Militants threatened to behead him unless their demand was met.
- They hold hands as the line in front of them thins, as the prisoners are beheaded one by one.
Synonyms decapitate, cut off the head of, guillotine
OriginOld English behēafdian; from be- ‘off’ (expressing removal) + hēafod (see head). |