Synonyms for behead
bɪˈhɛdbe·head

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1. beheadverb

   Synonyms:
   decapitate, decollate

2. beheadverb

   To remove the head.

   Synonyms:
   decapitate, decollate

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1. decapitate, behead, decollateverb

   cut the head of

   "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"

   Synonyms:
   decapitate, decollate

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1. beheadverb

   Synonyms:
   decapitate, decollate, deprive of the head

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1. beheadverb

   Synonyms:
   decapitate, decollate, execute

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1. List of paraphrases for "behead":

   decapitate

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1. President Barack Obama:

   Look, the point is this: my first job is to protect the American people, it is entirely legitimate for the American people to be deeply concerned when you've got a bunch of violent, vicious zealots who behead people or randomly shoot a bunch of folks in a deli in Paris.

2. Ian Rintoul:

   I mean, they really think that they can behead the movement by removing a handful of individuals from the compounds, but it's patently not the case.

3. Mustafa Bali:

   They are frightening the people, they behead people, explode bombs in markets, they still create an atmosphere where it is impossible for people to escape from them.

4. Ryan Mauro:

   Closing Guantanamo Bay will have no impact on terrorist recruitment and radicalization, there is not a single case that I am aware of where a moderate, peace-loving Muslim became angry over the Gitmo issue and suddenly decided to wage violent jihad, behead innocent people, implement theocracy and commit human rights abuses like executing gays and abusing women.

5. Selvedin Beganovic:

   When did (the Prophet) Muhammad ever behead anyone? when did he take a knife and slaughter an innocent journalist?