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

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Recent Examples of beheaded 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 That marble sculpture of George III, vandalized in 1775, was now beheaded altogether, to the cheers of soldiers. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026 In one montage played for laughs, an emperor is squashed by a panda and a king is beheaded, although there is no blood or guts to speak of. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026 After largely remaining absent from season 2, Rhys Ifans returns as Alicent's father, who's then promptly beheaded before witnesses in the court. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 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. — Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
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  • This year, as the fall film-festival season begins, the narrative around Venice, Telluride, and Toronto is less about the films headed to each event—and more about the films that aren’t.
    — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Lindsay Clancy trial may be headed for a mistrial if jurors remain deadlocked in the Massachusetts mother’s murder trial.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
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“Beheaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beheaded. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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