Where did you behead them?
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Behead
//bɪˈhɛd//
Synonyms for "behead" (14 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Verb(2 words)
Strong matches (4)
Related words (7)
Related word relations
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Translations
96 translations across 56 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- πελεκίζω verb (to remove the head)
- ἀποκεφαλίζω verb (to remove the head)
Arabic
1 entries- ضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ verb (to remove the head)
Aramaic
2 entries- ܩܪܩܦ verb (to remove the head)
- ܫܩܠ ܩܪܩܦܬܐ verb (to remove the head)
Armenian
2 entries- գլխատել verb (to remove the head)
- գլուխը կտրել verb (to remove the head)
Aromanian
1 entries- gushuescu verb (to remove the head)
Belarusian
2 entries- абезгало́віць verb (to remove the head)
- абезгало́ўліваць verb (to remove the head)
Biblical Hebrew
2 entries- הֵסִיר רֹאשׁ verb (to remove the head)
- כָּרַת רֹאשׁ verb (to remove the head)
Bulgarian
1 entries- обезглавя́вам verb (to remove the head)
Catalan
2 entries- decapitar verb (to remove the head)
- degollar verb (to remove the head)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 斬首 /斩首 verb (to remove the head)
- 砍頭 /砍头 verb (to remove the head)
Czech
1 entries- stít verb (to remove the head)
Danish
1 entries- halshugge verb (to remove the head)
Dutch
1 entries- onthoofden verb (to remove the head)
Esperanto
1 entries- senkapigi verb (to remove the head)
Estonian
1 entries- pead maha raiuma verb (to remove the head)
Faroese
1 entries- hálshøgga verb (to remove the head)
Finnish
2 entries- katkaista kaula verb (to remove the head)
- mestata verb (to remove the head)
French
1 entries- décapiter verb (to remove the head)
Georgian
3 entries- თავის მოკვეთა verb (to remove the head)
- თავის მოჭრა verb (to remove the head)
- თავის წაგდებინება verb (to remove the head)
German
2 entries- enthaupten verb (to remove the head)
- köpfen verb (to remove the head)
Greek
1 entries- αποκεφαλίζω verb (to remove the head)
Hebrew
2 entries- הִתִּיז verb (to remove the head)
- עָרַף verb (to remove the head)
Hungarian
2 entries- lefejez verb (to remove the head)
- lefejezni verb (to remove the head)
Indonesian
2 entries- memancung verb (to remove the head)
- memenggal verb (to remove the head)
Italian
1 entries- decapitare verb (to remove the head)
Japanese
4 entries- 刎ねる verb (to remove the head)
- 打ち首にする verb (to remove the head)
- 斬首する verb (to remove the head)
- 首を刎ねる verb (to remove the head)
Khmer
2 entries- កាត់ក verb (to remove the head)
- កាត់ក្បាល verb (to remove the head)
Korean
1 entries- 목을 베다 verb (to remove the head)
Latin
4 entries- decapito verb (to remove the head)
- dēcollō verb (to remove the head)
- dētruncō verb (to remove the head)
- obtruncō verb (to remove the head)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- käppen verb (to remove the head)
Macedonian
1 entries- обезглавува verb (to remove the head)
Malay
1 entries- pancung verb (to remove the head)
Māori
2 entries- pōuto (i te kaki) verb (to remove the head)
- whakatumu verb (to remove the head)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- ser birîn verb (to remove the head)
- ser jê kirin verb (to remove the head)
Norwegian
2 entries- halshogge verb (to remove the head)
- halshugge verb (to remove the head)
Old English
1 entries- beheafdian verb (to remove the head)
Old Saxon
2 entries- gihōfdon verb (to remove the head)
- hōfdon verb (to remove the head)
Persian
1 entries- گردن زدن verb (to remove the head)
Polish
1 entries- ściąć głowę verb (to remove the head)
Portuguese
2 entries- decapitar verb (to remove the head)
- degolar verb (to remove the head)
Quechua
1 entries- qhuruy verb (to remove the head)
Romagnol
1 entries- decapitêr verb (to remove the head)
Romanian
1 entries- decapita verb (to remove the head)
Russian
4 entries- обезгла́вить verb (to remove the head)
- обезгла́вливать verb (to remove the head)
- отруба́ть го́лову verb (to remove the head)
- отруби́ть го́лову verb (to remove the head)
Slovak
2 entries- stínať verb (to remove the head)
- sťať verb (to remove the head)
Slovene
1 entries- obglaviti verb (to remove the head)
Spanish
2 entries- decapitar verb (to remove the head)
- descabezar verb (to remove the head)
Swedish
2 entries- dekapitera verb (to remove the head)
- halshugga verb (to remove the head)
Tagalog
1 entries- pugutan verb (to remove the head)
Tamil
3 entries- கவர் verb (to remove the head)
- தலை கொய் verb (to remove the head)
- தலை துண்டி verb (to remove the head)
Thai
1 entries- ตัดศีรษะ verb (to remove the head)
Turkish
3 entries- boynunu vurmak verb (to remove the head)
- kafasını uçurmak verb (to remove the head)
- kellesini uçurmak verb (to remove the head)
Ukrainian
4 entries- обезгла́вити verb (to remove the head)
- обезгла́влювати verb (to remove the head)
- обезголо́вити verb (to remove the head)
- обезголо́влювати verb (to remove the head)
Urdu
1 entries- سرقلم کرنا verb (to remove the head)
Vietnamese
2 entries- chém đầu verb (to remove the head)
- chặt đầu verb (to remove the head)
Welsh
1 entries- torfynyglu verb (to remove the head)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
I will behead you. I promise you that.
Source: tatoeba (5094422)
I'm going to behead you. I promise you that.
Source: tatoeba (5157353)
She discussed plans to behead a victim and to "go after" police officers.
Source: tatoeba (10667614)
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