behead

verb

🔊/bɪˈhed/

[usually passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they behead	🔊/bɪˈhed/ 🔊/bɪˈhed/
he / she / it beheads	🔊/bɪˈhedz/ 🔊/bɪˈhedz/
past simple beheaded	🔊/bɪˈhedɪd/ 🔊/bɪˈhedɪd/
past participle beheaded	🔊/bɪˈhedɪd/ 🔊/bɪˈhedɪd/
-ing form beheading	🔊/bɪˈhedɪŋ/ 🔊/bɪˈhedɪŋ/

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behead somebody to cut off somebody’s head, especially as a punishment斩首（尤指刑罚） synonym decapitate
- He was charged with treason and beheaded.他被控叛国罪并被斩首。
Topics Historyc2
Word OriginOld English behēafdian; from be- ‘off’ (expressing removal) + hēafod, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoofd and German Haupt.