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behead en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /bɪˈhɛd/
• /bəˈhɛd/ weak vowel merger

Etymology

From Middle English beheden, bihefden, biheveden, from Old English behēafdian (“to behead”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaubudōn, *bihaubidōn (“to behead”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + head. Cognate with Middle High German behoubeten (“to behead”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
   • “For a while it was hand-to-hand between us, then blood went curling along the currents and I beheaded Grendel's mother in the hall with a mighty sword.”] 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 68:

Forms

Deriveds

beheadment · beheading · beheaded · beheadal · beheadable · beheader · beheadee

Synonyms

decollate · decapitate

Translations (97)

bg обезглавя́вам (to remove the head) · it decapitare (to remove the head) · hy գլխատել (to remove the head) · mi whakatumu (to remove the head) · osx hōfdon (to remove the head) · es descabezar (to remove the head) · sk stínať (to remove the head) · id memancung (to remove the head) · lb käppen (to remove the head) · ms pancung (to remove the head) · ang beheafdian (to remove the head) · cy torfynyglu (to remove the head) · tr kafasını uçurmak (to remove the head) · ko 목을 베다 (to remove the head) · ru обезгла́вливать (to remove the head) · la decapito (to remove the head) · la dēcollō (to remove the head) · pt degolar (to remove the head) · et pead maha raiuma (to remove the head) · ru обезгла́вить (to remove the head) · la dētruncō (to remove the head) · he עָרַף (to remove the head) · kmr ser birîn (to remove the head) · km កាត់ក (to remove the head) · ko 참수(斬首)하다 (to remove the head) · vi chặt đầu (to remove the head) · ja 打ち首にする (to remove the head) · th ตัดศีรษะ (to remove the head) · sl obglaviti (to remove the head) · syc ܫܩܠ ܩܪܩܦܬܐ (to remove the head) · ja 刎ねる (to remove the head) · uk обезголо́вити (to remove the head) · qu qhuruy (to remove the head) · cmn 砍頭 /砍头 (to remove the head) · mk обезглавува (to remove the head) · fo hálshøgga (to remove the head) · el αποκεφαλίζω (to remove the head) · tr boynunu vurmak (to remove the head) · nl onthoofden (to remove the head) · ka თავის მოჭრა (to remove the head) · uk обезгла́влювати (to remove the head) · ur سرقلم کرنا (to remove the head) · fi mestata (to remove the head) · id memenggal (to remove the head) · sk sťať (to remove the head) · hu lefejezni (to remove the head) · uk обезгла́вити (to remove the head) · tr kellesini uçurmak (to remove the head) · rup gushuescu (to remove the head) · mi pōuto (i te kaki) (to remove the head) · he הִתִּיז (to remove the head) · eo senkapigi (to remove the head) · tl pugutan (to remove the head) · fi katkaista kaula (to remove the head) · la obtruncō (to remove the head) · da halshugge (to remove the head) · ka თავის მოკვეთა (to remove the head) · ja 首を刎ねる (to remove the head) · vi chém đầu (to remove the head) · sv halshugga (to remove the head) · ja 斬首する (to remove the head) · ta தலை துண்டி (to remove the head) · pl ściąć głowę (to remove the head) · ro decapita (to remove the head) · km កាត់ក្បាល (to remove the head) · he הֵסִיר רֹאשׁ (to remove the head) · ru отруби́ть го́лову (to remove the head) · he כָּרַת רֹאשׁ (to remove the head) · kmr ser jê kirin (to remove the head) · hu lefejez (to remove the head) · ru отруба́ть го́лову (to remove the head) · ar ضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ (to remove the head) · ca degollar (to remove the head) · fa گردن زدن (to remove the head) · syc ܩܪܩܦ (to remove the head) · hy գլուխը կտրել (to remove the head) · grc πελεκίζω (to remove the head) · ta கவர் (to remove the head) · no halshugge (to remove the head) · no avhovda (to remove the head) · ka თავის წაგდებინება (to remove the head) · uk обезголо́влювати (to remove the head) · no halshogge (to remove the head) · de enthaupten (to remove the head) · rgn decapitêr (to remove the head) · cmn 斬首 /斩首 (to remove the head) · ca decapitar (to remove the head) · grc ἀποκεφαλίζω (to remove the head) · osx gihōfdon (to remove the head) · cs stít (to remove the head) · pt decapitar (to remove the head) · be абезгало́віць (to remove the head) · de köpfen (to remove the head) · fr décapiter (to remove the head) · ta தலை கொய் (to remove the head) · sv dekapitera (to remove the head) · be абезгало́ўліваць (to remove the head)

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