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. — odexed
deDrei der Geiseln wurden geköpft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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They were beheaded.
Їм відрубали голови. — deniko
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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. — corvard
deIch benutzte seinen enthaupteten Körper als Schutzschild. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I will behead you. I promise you that.
ruЯ тебе голову отвинчу, помяни моё слово. — Karok
deIch werde dich enthaupten. Das verspreche ich dir. — al_ex_an_der
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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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