beheaded
Guillotine's work done
Beheaded describes someone or something that has had its head cut off.
The word appears most often as the past tense of the verb behead, describing executions both historical and contemporary: Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536.
It also functions as an adjective: a beheaded statue.
Beheading has been used throughout history as both a method of capital punishment and an act of war or terrorism.
Head cut off
- guillotinedKilled by beheading machine
- executedCarried out or killed
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- headsmanOne who beheads
axe · block · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · Tower of London · executioner · condemned · traitor
Head cut off
- severedCut off completely
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
- slainKilled, often violently
- slaughteredKilled violently, often many
mutilated · gory · brutal · gruesome · macabre · bloody · carnage · massacre
Stone-gazing mythic creature
- PerseusGorgon-slaying demigod
- GorgonSerpent-haired mythical being
- HydraMulti-headed mythical serpent
- JudithHebrew heroine, biblical
John the Baptist · Salome · Sleepy Hollow · Green Knight · Gawain · Orpheus
Caused to fall
- overthrownOusted from authority
- leaderlessHaving no one directing
- dethronedRemoved from power
- oustedRemoved from position
deposed · removed · dismantled · crippled · gutted · stripped · ruined · destroyed
decapitated
Head cut off
- guillotinedKilled by beheading machine
- executedCarried out or killed
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
headsman · axe · block · Anne Boleyn · Marie Antoinette · Tower of London · executioner · condemned · traitor · regicide
decapitated
Head cut off
- severedCut off completely
- dismemberedHad limbs cut off
- slainKilled, often violently
slaughtered · mutilated · gory · brutal · gruesome · macabre · bloody · carnage · massacre · sword
Medusa
Stone-gazing mythic creature
Judith · John the Baptist · Salome · Sleepy Hollow · Green Knight · Gawain · Orpheus
toppled
Caused to fall
- overthrownOusted from authority
- leaderlessHaving no one directing
- dethronedRemoved from power
ousted · deposed · removed · dismantled · crippled · gutted · stripped · ruined · destroyed · weakened
- killedkilled, murdered, slain, assassinated, executed
- martyrdommartyrs, martyr, Christian martyrs, Catholic martyrs, Stephen
beheadedheaded
Directed one's course
intact · whole · unharmed · uninjured · unblemished
beheadedhanged
Killed by noose
electrocuted · shot · drowned · burned at the stake · crucified