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
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.
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Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Here’s another, similarly beheaded, on Seventh Avenue near 30th Street.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
Several of the women pleaded to be beheaded before the fire was lit and were granted this mercy.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Many of the men were beheaded and women captured; Umar ibn Sa’d marched the spiked heads and shackled women through various towns on the way back to Caliph Yazid in Damascus to deter further protest.
—Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
While Elizabeth's Buffy does get beheaded late in Scary Movie, most of the characters have died and then magically been fine once the next outing begins.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
After years of scrutiny and criticism over his ties with Epstein, his arrest was the first for a senior royal since Charles I, who was beheaded for treason in 1649.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
The last senior member of Britain’s royal family to be arrested in connection with a serious crime was King Charles I, who was beheaded for treason in 1649 following his defeat in the English Civil War.
—Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 20 Feb. 2026
Charles was arrested in 1647, convicted of treason, and beheaded in 1649.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 19 Feb. 2026
Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Here’s another, similarly beheaded, on Seventh Avenue near 30th Street.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
Several of the women pleaded to be beheaded before the fire was lit and were granted this mercy.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
Many of the men were beheaded and women captured; Umar ibn Sa’d marched the spiked heads and shackled women through various towns on the way back to Caliph Yazid in Damascus to deter further protest.
—Mary Thurlkill, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
While Elizabeth's Buffy does get beheaded late in Scary Movie, most of the characters have died and then magically been fine once the next outing begins.
—Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
After years of scrutiny and criticism over his ties with Epstein, his arrest was the first for a senior royal since Charles I, who was beheaded for treason in 1649.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 20 Feb. 2026
The last senior member of Britain’s royal family to be arrested in connection with a serious crime was King Charles I, who was beheaded for treason in 1649 following his defeat in the English Civil War.
—Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 20 Feb. 2026
Charles was arrested in 1647, convicted of treason, and beheaded in 1649.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for beheaded
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Celebrated across continents with major retrospectives and solo shows and based in Paris since 1973, Italian photographer Paolo Roversi is finally headed back home — metaphorically, with the unveiling of a permanent gallery in his hometown of Ravenna.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
15 May 2026
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While the days of wearing in-flight formalwear are long gone (much to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s dismay), there are wardrobe clues that may imply someone is headed to a boardroom and not the beach.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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The terrorist group has been largely decapitated and is unable to wage meaningful counter-warfare against Israel and its allies, but is believed to still boast significant caches of weaponry that could threaten the long-term peace of the future Palestine.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 May 2026
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The driver of a bakery truck that got clipped by a United Airlines plane while driving on the New Jersey Turnpike believed he would be decapitated moments before the collision, his father revealed in a Tuesday news conference.—
Robert McGreevy,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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“Beheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beheaded. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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