beheaded

Everyday

1. Killed by having the head cut off. tree →
2. Having had the head or top part removed, as with a flower or statue. tree →

In the lessons

In history lessons, kings and queens were beheaded, such as Anne Boleyn and Charles I in England, and many people in the French Revolution by the guillotine. It is a serious and violent word; history tells it to show how harsh punishments were.

Examples

• Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536. tree →
• King Charles I was beheaded in London. tree →
• Many nobles were beheaded during the French Revolution. tree →
• The statue was beheaded by vandals. tree →
• The rhyme says: divorced, beheaded, died. tree →
• In the past, beheading was used as a punishment. tree →
• Therefore she was easily captured, and the next day was beheaded in the market-place. tree →

Note

This is the past form of «behead». Henry VIII's wives rhyme: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. A grim history word.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The murder of Ish-bosheth is told as a shameful deed. David punishes the killers, and tradition reads this as a lesson that evil done for gain is not rewarded. In the primary lessons: In history lessons, kings and queens were beheaded, such as Anne Boleyn and Charles I in England, and many people in the French Revolution by the guillotine. It is a serious and violent word; history tells it to show how harsh punishments were.

Examples

• Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bed-chamber, they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night. (Prophets 2SA.4.7, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

This is the past form of «behead». Henry VIII's wives rhyme: divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. A grim history word.