BEHEAD


Meaning of BEHEAD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bɪhed ]

( beheads, beheading, beheaded)

If someone is beheaded , their head is cut off, usually because they have been found guilty of a crime.

Charles I was beheaded by the Cromwellians.

= decapitate

VERB : usu passive , be V-ed

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