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

When their younger son told them Daniel was watching beheading videos online, the Fischers hit their breaking point. — Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Images often associated with barbarism on screen, like beheading the dead to memorialize them, are approached with an uncanny gentleness. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

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