Louis XVI was beheaded in 1793.
Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth.
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The Barcelona delegate, as portrayed by an overly ceceando Mikey Day, suggested skipping the tiresome lecture, only to be taken off camera to be beheaded.—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025 The first two of these were found out and, unfortunately for them, beheaded, but fake news had a strong grip.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025 As king, Shakespeare’s Macbeth meets a tragic end when civil war erupts and his rival Macduff beheads him.—Marlene L. Daut
september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025 Cobos-Martinez is accused of beheading Nagamallaiah during a machete attack in Dallas.—Kate Plummer
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 The suspect is accused of attacking and ultimately beheading another man in a violent incident at an area motel Wednesday.—Nic F. Anderson, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025 Journalist Daniel Pearl getting beheaded in 2002.—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025 The man accused of beheading his boss at a Dallas motel with a machete on Wednesday is a Cuban national who is in the United States illegally, authorities say.—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2025 Nagamallaiah was beheaded in the attack, according to the arrest affidavit, CBS 19 reports.—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of behead was
before the 12th century
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