beheaded

past tense of behead
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 Around the same time, a statue of Columbus in a park bearing his name in Boston was beheaded in the dead of night. Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025 More than 30 Christians were beheaded in Mozambique last month, with churches and homes burned down, according to a new report. Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 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 Journalist Daniel Pearl getting beheaded in 2002. James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025 Nagamallaiah was beheaded in the attack, according to the arrest affidavit, CBS 19 reports. Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025 According to psychiatrist interviews conducted with his younger sister, Allyn, Kemper cut the hands off of her doll, beheaded and dismembered the family cat, and fantasized about executions and gas chambers. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 France has returned three skulls to Madagascar more than a century after they were taken, including one believed to be that of a 19th-century Malagasy king who was beheaded by French troops. Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
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  • Trump is currently in Malaysia attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and is headed to South Korea on Thursday where he is expected to sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • That case appears headed for trial early next year.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
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  • Their attack continued; Morales was stabbed 18 times, including through his skull and brain, had his arm nearly cut off and was nearly decapitated, prosecutors said.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hamas, weakened militarily and decapitated by the assassinations of its leaders, faces isolation abroad and a diminished mandate at home.
    Mohammed R. Mhawish, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025

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