Definitions for behead

behead be·head

Spelling: [bih-hed]
IPA: /bɪˈhɛd/

Behead is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in behead (abdeeh).

Definitions for behead

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
  2. Geology. (of a pirate stream) to divert the headwaters of (a river, stream, etc.).

Origin of behead

before 1000; Middle English behe(f)den, beheveden, Old English behēafdian. See be-, head

Examples for behead

Right now a young woman whose husband tried to behead her is recovering from her injuries in a Ghor hospital.

We could not behead it, as the Tibetans would not trust us with a knife or sword.

They not only kill soldiers in battle, they behead them and burn them.

I suspect the Brits used to behead people for lesser breaches of protocol.

When Khaled Saad answers his phone there is often a voice on the other end threatening to behead him.

There was a Thorpe among the judges who voted to behead him.

Then they made it appear that they were going to behead Man Sing.

This is to signify that, as a member of the royal family, he has authority to behead them.

Furious at the insult, he issued orders to behead all Jains.

Therefore, in order to realize the perfection, let us behead them.

Word Value for behead
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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