English verb: behead | |||
1. | behead (contact) cut the head of | ||
Samples | The French King was beheaded during the Revolution. | ||
Examples | They want to behead the prisoners | ||
Synonyms | decapitate, decollate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | guillotine | ||