behead
verb (used with object)
to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
beheaded
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past participleof behead.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof behead.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
beheadverb (used with object)to cut off the head of; kill or execute by decapitation.
Example Sentences
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England’s Hever Castle & Gardens presents an exhibition following the winding, often ambiguous visual record of Henry VIII’s second wife—and the first to be beheaded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
There has been no evidence that children were beheaded on Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2024
Cromwell died of natural causes after ruling the country as Lord Protector, but when the monarchy was restored, his corpse was exhumed and beheaded.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2024
They came for a seminar about Qiu Jin, a Chinese feminist poet and revolutionary who was beheaded more than a century ago for conspiring to overthrow the Qing dynasty.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
He beheaded the dried blooms of a hydrangea bush.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
