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

Imprisoned during the persecution of Christians by the Roman emperor Diocletian, they were tortured and beheaded. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

While rumors in Haiti persist that the men may have been beheaded by the gangs, Bukele described them as being taken hostage. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

The Battle of Iwo Jima monument in Quantico, Virginia, has suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage after a man beheaded one of the statues Wednesday evening, police said. — Diego Mendoza, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

Thousands were murdered, hundreds were kidnapped, innocent civilians were beheaded, and women were raped. — Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Among them was a Nipmuc war leader named Matoonas, who was tied to a tree, shot to death, then beheaded. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Wildlife experts believe the marine mammal was beheaded post-mortem by someone. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Gross was suspected of a gruesome murder of Ying Li, an employee at a massage parlor who was beheaded in her Northland apartment. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

The next morning, the officers’ bodies are found, beheaded, lying in pools of their own blood. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026