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

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 caption on the video claims that a group of Muslim extremists kidnapped and beheaded a Christian man for refusing to convert to Islam. — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026

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

His unprecedented February arrest was the first of a royal since 1649, when King Charles I was beheaded for high treason. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Compared to Louis’ time beheaded, Lestat’s is as breezy as his dream of the forest. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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