word
Behead
Bih-HEHD
/bɪˈhɛd/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
behead
Dictionary meaning
To cut off the head of.
Examples
- Many of the French nobility were beheaded during the Revolution.
Synonyms: decapitate
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