Synonyms of beheading

beheading

verb

present participle of behead

as in heading

to cut off the head of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heading
• decapitating
• guillotining
• trimming
• shortening
• pruning
• scalping
• decollating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beheading

In connection with the beheading threat, he was arrested on suspicion of making an interstate threatening communication. — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors have accused Chesser of murdering Story at their apartment and then beheading him and burning his body. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 11 Aug. 2026

Eight pages later, Leucippe has to fake her own beheading to escape from pirates. — Literary Hub, 30 June 2026

D'Arcy and Matt Smith address the aftermath of Jace's death and that beheading. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026

Preparing whole fish usually entails deboning, scaling, gutting, and beheading the sea creature, a task for you—or your fishmonger. — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 12 Jan. 2026

On subsequent songs, Ninajirachi sings about the destruction of her innocence through sexting, and the trauma of coming across a beheading video. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025

At the same time, the barrage of vitriol unleashed by China castigating Takaichi as a warmongering militarist includes a reprehensible threat by the Chinese consul-general in Osaka about beheading Takaichi. — Jeff Kingston, Time, 30 Nov. 2025

On September 7, ISIS began a strident offensive again, hitting its former stronghold of Mocimboa da Praia, beheading dozens of mostly Christian men over the course of several weeks, and triggering the flight of tens of thousands of residents. — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Nov. 2025