behead

verb (behead, beheads, beheaded, beheading)

«behead» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

To cut off a person's head as a punishment or execution. tree →

In the lessons

History: Anne Boleyn and Charles I were beheaded; in the French Revolution the guillotine was used. In Alice in Wonderland the Queen of Hearts keeps shouting «Off with his head!», but the King quietly pardons everyone and no one is really beheaded. There is a funny argument about whether you can behead the Cheshire Cat, who has only a head.

Examples

Charles I was beheaded in 1649. tree →
«Off with her head!» shouted the Queen. tree →
The executioner said you can't behead a head with no body. tree →
In history we learned that Anne Boleyn was beheaded. tree →
Nobody was really beheaded in Wonderland. tree →
The guillotine was used to behead people in France. tree →
Go and behead him at once. tree →

Note

Regular verb. Noun: beheading. Be- + head (to take off the head). Today almost all countries have stopped this punishment.

On Mova

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