Synonyms of beheaded

beheaded

verb

past tense of behead

as in headed

to cut off the head of

Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded for plotting against Queen Elizabeth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• headed
• decapitated
• guillotined
• trimmed
• shortened
• scalped
• pruned
• decollated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beheaded

When the decision on trans athletes was made the other day by the Supreme Court were the Justices swarmed by an angry mob and beheaded on the spot? — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

That marble sculpture of George III, vandalized in 1775, was now beheaded altogether, to the cheers of soldiers. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

In one montage played for laughs, an emperor is squashed by a panda and a king is beheaded, although there is no blood or guts to speak of. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026

After largely remaining absent from season 2, Rhys Ifans returns as Alicent's father, who's then promptly beheaded before witnesses in the court. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026

Through tears, Rheanyra beheaded Otto, brutally, as her first cut wasn't clean. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026

Four Haitian women who were deported from the United States in February were found beheaded and dumped in a river several months later, lawyers said in court documents. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

His mother, who came from a somewhat shady family (her father had been part of a coin-forging group whose ringleaders were arrested and beheaded), helped run the inn; his sister was twelve years older. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Royalty were drawn there too, including Maria Amalia, daughter of the exiled King of Naples and niece of the recently beheaded Marie Antoinette, who met Louis Philippe of France in 1806 in the villa. — Ruchira Sharma, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026