hanging
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈhæŋɪŋ/
- Offensive
:
ahorcamiento
- I've witnessed a hanging, too.
- public hangings
- hanging offense
With you wanting to take your own life by hanging, how long have you replanned that?
- With you wanting to take your own life by hanging, how long have you replanned that?
Examples
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It's a hanging offense.
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Dick and I are allowed to have a witness at the hanging.
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- A fair trial for Will ends in a hanging.
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I had to decide should I die by hanging or by burial?
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Abel, the law calls for a hanging.
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Let the hanging begin.
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Let the hanging commence.
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Like his readers, Dickens was painfully aware that murder was a hanging offense at the time.
Academic text (2001) -
After a detective threatened the reluctant Garrett with hanging, the farmer's son pointed to the barn where the fugitives were hiding.
Academic text (2009) -
The authorities scheduled the hanging of the convicted criminal for next month.
Synonyms
14
7.9
A machine with a heavy angled blade used to cut off heads
10
9.9
A punishment where people throw stones at a person and can kill them
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9.9
A way of killing someone by tying them to a post and setting them on fire as punishment
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9.9
To threaten or kill someone by hanging, cutting their body open and dividing it into four parts
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
4
9.5
A small piece of paper that stays attached to a ballot when a hole is made for a choice
- Literature
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8.2
An ancient garden with many levels in Babylon said to be built by King Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC
Makes people feel excited and nervous because the result is unknown until the last moment
- Specialized
A slender insect with long legs that hangs from plants to catch other small insects
A plant with long stems, round leaves, and bright pink flowers that people often grow in hanging baskets
- Offensive
A crime people consider serious enough to deserve death as punishment, often used for very bad behavior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hanging for execution comes from the same old verb hang, which meant 'to suspend'. That's why 'hanging' came to mean the punishment of suspending a person by the neck, connecting the original sense of 'suspending' to this form of execution.