behead
VerbUS[bih-hed]/bɪˈhɛd/2 syllablesalso [bee-hed] /biˈhɛd/
Open English WordNet
Verb (1)beheaded, beheading
- cut the head of“the French King was beheaded during the Revolution”Synonyms: decapitatedecollateMore general killMore specific guillotine
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Be·head′ (…), transitive verb [past tense & past participle Beheaded; present participle & verbal noun Beheading.]
Origin: OE. bihefden, AS. beheáfdian; pref. be- + heáfod head. See Head.
To sever the head from; to take off the head of.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54