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Meanings of beheaded in English

Having had the head cut off.

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Usage of beheaded in English
1
Duterte said he heard reports they may have beheaded a police chief.
Reuters
2
The queen was sentenced on the sixteenth and beheaded the same day.
Which? Or, Between Two Women
3
Speratus, and twelve others, were likewise beheaded; as was Andocles in France.
Fox's Book of Martyrs / Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, a...
4
If they delivered bad news, they ran the risk of being beheaded.
The South African
5
The mother was beheaded with the same sword as the three latter.
Fox's Book of Martyrs / Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, a...
6
Hasculph was brought back in triumph, and promptly beheaded by the conquerors.
The Story of Ireland
7
After awhile the angry people took away the king and beheaded him.
The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls
8
An Afghan police spokesman said two of the U.N. dead were beheaded.
Reuters
9
He hacked off the feet of one, and the other he beheaded.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1
10
A total of 41 convicts have been beheaded so far this year.
The Irish Times
11
Islamist militants beheaded the Canadian man this week after a deadline passed.
Reuters
12
There were smiling masks, like men beheaded and smiling in their death.
The Bride of the Mistletoe
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The militants beheaded the 82-year-old guardian of Palmyra's ancient ruins last month.
Reuters
14
The captain of another ship, the Jean Bart, had also been beheaded.
Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville
15
And, a little inconveniently, no victim of that particular bombing was beheaded.
The Guardian
16
Newspaper editor Mohamed Taha Mohamed Ahmed was found beheaded in September 2006.
Reuters
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