verb · transitive · rare

behead

behead · beheads · beheaded · beheading

обезголовити, обезголовлювати, обезглавлювати, обезглавити

отрубить голову, обезглавить, отрубать голову, обезглавливать

köpfen, enthaupten

To deliberately remove the head ofTo deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

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/bɪˈhɛd/

» Three of the hostages were beheaded.

Drei der Geiseln wurden geköpft.

Троих заложников обезглавили.

Meaning

1 senses

To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.
enthaupten, köpfen
обезгла́вливатьobezglávlivatʹ, обезгла́витьobezglávitʹ, отруба́ть го́ловуotrubátʹ gólovu
обезголо́влюватиobezholóvljuvaty, обезголо́витиobezholóvyty, обезгла́влюватиobezhlávljuvaty
cut the head of

Examples

32 sentences

Three of the hostages were beheaded.
ruТроих заложников обезглавили.
deDrei der Geiseln wurden geköpft.
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They were beheaded.
Їм відрубали голови.
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Sami was violently beaten and beheaded.
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I used his beheaded body as a shield.
ruЯ использовал его обезглавленное тело как щит.
deIch benutzte seinen enthaupteten Körper als Schutzschild.
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I will behead you. I promise you that.
ruЯ тебе голову отвинчу, помяни моё слово.
deIch werde dich enthaupten. Das verspreche ich dir.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to remove the head:

Русский

By meaning 1

to remove the head:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to remove the head:

Origin

From Middle English beheden, bihefden, biheveden, from Old English behēafdian (“to behead”

From Middle English beheden, bihefden, biheveden, from Old English behēafdian (“to behead”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihaubudōn, *bihaubidōn (“to behead”), equivalent to be- (“off, away”) + head. Cognate with Middle High German behoubeten (“to behead”).

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