Synonyms for behead

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bih-hed

Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈhɛd

Définition of behead

Origin : Old English beheafdian, from be-, here with privative force, + heafod (see head (n.)). Related: Beheaded; beheading.

verb decapitate

Example sentences :

There was a Thorpe among the judges who voted to behead him.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Then they made it appear that they were going to behead Man Sing.
Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

Therefore, in order to realize the perfection, let us behead them.
Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat

We could not behead it, as the Tibetans would not trust us with a knife or sword.
Extract from : « An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet » by A. Henry Savage Landor

This is to signify that, as a member of the royal family, he has authority to behead them.
Extract from : « Modern Persia » by Mooshie G. Daniel

Furious at the insult, he issued orders to behead all Jains.
Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

In reality, the angry wind was no longer able to behead the waves.
Extract from : « The Pillar of Light » by Louis Tracy

Go, said the king, behead him instantly; I give you full authority.
Extract from : « The Arabian Nights, Volume III (of 4) » by Anonymous

But if Paine was so fit for such a Convention, why should they behead him?
Extract from : « The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) » by Moncure Daniel Conway

Behead a time-piece, and leave something by which treasures are protected.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 12, 1881 » by Various

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