Behead Moderate

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Behead has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

cut the head of

"the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"

decapitate behead decollate

To remove the head of; to cut someone's head off.

See Also

beheader head beheadest decapitation cut lop beheaded beheading

Related Terms

beheader head beheadest decapitation cut lop beheaded beheading beheadeth decollate hand someone his head chopping block lop off decollation beheadable beheads

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

kill

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

guillotine

Rhyming Words

yead read lead mead pead head bead sead dead glead tread oread aread ahead knead blead dread stead plead snead

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