The meaning of Behead

Behead – definition

verb
Cut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution.
Usage examples:
Mary was beheaded at fotheringhay
Synonims:
Decapitate Cut off the head of Guillotine Execute Put to death Kill

verb
To cut off the head of a person

Behead translation into English

Behead: translate from English into Chinese

斩首, 斩, 杀头

Behead: translate from English into Dutch

Onthoofden

Behead: translate from English into French

Décapiter

Behead: translate from English into German

Enthaupten, Köpfen

Behead: translate from English into Hindi

सिर काटना, सिर काट लेना, सिर काट कर अलग कर देना

Behead: translate from English into Italian

Decapitare

Behead: translate from English into Korean

참수, 목을 베다, 참수형에 처하다

Behead: translate from English into Russian

Обезглавить, Обезглавливать, Отрубать голову

Behead: translate from English into Spanish

Decapitar, Descabezar, Degollar

Word origin

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

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Behead – similar words

beheading

noun
The action of cutting off a person's head, especially as a form of execution.
Usage examples:
The beheading of the aristocracy during the french revolution

verb
Cut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution.
Usage examples:
Mary was beheaded at fotheringhay

All meanings and translations of Beheading

beheaded

verb
Cut off the head of (someone), especially as a form of execution.
Usage examples:
Mary was beheaded at fotheringhay

All meanings and translations of Beheaded

Behead synonims

decapitate

verb
Cut off the head of (someone).
Usage examples:
With one swift movement, he decapitated the king

verb
To cut off the head of a person or animal

All meanings and translations of Decapitate

execute

verb
Put (a plan, order, or course of action) into effect.
Usage examples:
The corporation executed a series of financial deals

verb
To do or perform something planned
Usage examples:
Now that we have approval, we can go ahead and execute the plan.

verb
To do or perform something in a planned way
Usage examples:
Local authority officials will check that the work is being executed according to the plans submitt…

All meanings and translations of Execute

guillotine

noun
A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.
Usage examples:
The king was beheaded on the guillotine on january 21, 1793.

verb
Execute (someone) by guillotine.
Usage examples:
Just before he was guillotined he made a speech vowing that he would return from the dead to punish…

noun
A device, invented in france, consisting of a sharp blade in a tall frame that was used for killing a person by cutting off his or her head
Usage examples:
During the french revolution, thousands of people were guillotined.

All meanings and translations of Guillotine

kill

kɪl

verb
Cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing).
Usage examples:
Her father was killed in a car crash

noun
An act of killing, especially of one animal by another.
Usage examples:
A lion has made a kill

noun
(in place names, especially in new york, new jersey, and pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary.
Usage examples:
Kill van kull

All meanings and translations of Kill

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