Synonyms of decapitated

decapitated

verb

past tense of decapitate

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as in headed

to cut off the head of

a particularly gruesome series of murders in which the victims were decapitated

Synonyms & Similar Words

• headed
• beheaded
• guillotined
• trimmed
• shortened
• scalped
• pruned
• decollated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of decapitated

Women and girls are being raped, children forced into armed gangs, and elderly citizens are being targeted, shot, decapitated and burned. —Miami Herald Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025

Atlas and axis vertebrae — located under the skull and in the neck — were also found with cut marks, indicating that some of the victims had been decapitated. —Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2024

Hezbollah's leadership has been decapitated after a year of bitter fighting with Israel. —CBS News, 8 Dec. 2024

Nasser Hospital received at least 15 bodies following the strike but determining an exact count was challenging due to the condition of the victims, many of whom were dismembered, severely burned or decapitated. —Jason Fields, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024

Israel's war in Lebanon has decapitated Hezbollah's leadership and stretched its forces thin. —Ian Pannell, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024

With Russia embroiled in the war with Ukraine, Hezbollah decapitated and battered by the Israel Defense Forces, and Iran struggling with domestic matters and international prestige loss, the rebels likely saw an ideal time to strike. —Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024

In one example, an individual bird was decapitated and had a corncob placed in its gullet. —Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 27 Nov. 2024

Enter this piece by Darrell Hartman, which details the 1955 Le Mans disaster, in which 82 people were killed, many of them decapitated. —Seyward Darby, Longreads, 20 Nov. 2024