as in headed
to cut off the head of
Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth
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Recent Examples of beheaded
For that, John the Baptist was ultimately beheaded.
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Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Red Path, which world premiered at Locarno, revolves around a shepherd boy who is traumatized when his teenager cousin is beheaded by Islamic State terrorists in front of him.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Durkin flipped on his television and saw an image of his longtime friend kneeling in the sand moments before he was beheaded.
—Shaun Chornonroff, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
Some had beheaded assassins after death and had their heads sewn inside pig carcasses.
—Paul A. Kramer, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2017
During the last festival in 2019, as many as 250,000 creatures were beheaded, according to animal welfare group Humane Society International (HSI).
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The twist of the knife that unleashes Sienna's retributive fury is a revelation that the gruesome pair killed, beheaded, and seemingly stripped the flesh from Jonathan's skull.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 28 Jan. 2025
Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Red Path, which world premiered at Locarno, revolves around a shepherd boy who is traumatized when his teenager cousin is beheaded by Islamic State terrorists in front of him.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
Durkin flipped on his television and saw an image of his longtime friend kneeling in the sand moments before he was beheaded.
—Shaun Chornonroff, Baltimore Sun, 4 Dec. 2024
Some had beheaded assassins after death and had their heads sewn inside pig carcasses.
—Paul A. Kramer, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2017
During the last festival in 2019, as many as 250,000 creatures were beheaded, according to animal welfare group Humane Society International (HSI).
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The twist of the knife that unleashes Sienna's retributive fury is a revelation that the gruesome pair killed, beheaded, and seemingly stripped the flesh from Jonathan's skull.
—EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beheaded
decapitated
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Later that day, a park staff member discovered someone had decapitated the deceased sea lion, NOAA wrote in a news release posted Tuesday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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But when the staffer returned 15 minutes later, according to Campbell, the carcass had been decapitated.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Beheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beheaded. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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