dehead

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A form of behead — To deliberately remove the head of; to cut off (someone's) head.

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Meanings

verbdehead (third-person singular simple present deheads, present participle deheading, simple past and past participle deheaded)

present singular third person deheads · participle present deheading · participle past deheaded · past deheaded · alternative de-head

  1. alternativetransitiveAlternative form of behead.

    An operator of these types of machines is able to dehead up to 40 fish per minute.

    1990, Zdzislaw E. Sikorski, Seafood: Resources, Nutritional Composition, and Preservation

Origin

From de- + head, a partial calque of Latin decapito (i.e. de- (“off”) + caput (“head”), whence English decapitate), chosen for the similarity between the native English be- prefix and the Latinate de-, which differ solely at the first consonant.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

dehead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehead

MLA

“dehead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dehead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehead.

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