to stone
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9.9
- verb
- /stoʊn/
- Offensive
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- The law commands us to stone such a woman.
- stone to death
- stone a woman
So there's this mob of men and it's this woman who's an adulterer and they're going to stone her to death.
- So there's this mob of men and it's this woman who's an adulterer and they're going to stone her to death.
- If you are a Christian in a Muslim country and you're getting stoned every day by rocks, right, right.
- And then we could have been stoning a coffee shop on the next block South or east across the main road.
Examples
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Perhaps she has made some wrong turns along the way, but let us not stone her to death here, please.
Blog text (19) -
So the Prophet said (to his companions), "Take him away and stone him to death."
Blog text (1) -
The men who caught her in the act want to stone her and bring her to Jesus.
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Let's judge him here, in this room, and stone him to death.
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The people wanted to stone her, as was the law in the days of Moses.
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They wanted to stone her to death, but she was repentant.
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Stone him!
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The villagers decided to stone the man as punishment for his crime.
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In some ancient cultures, people would stone those accused of serious offenses.
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They attempted to stone her for her alleged wrongdoing, but she escaped.
Synonyms
To kill someone by throwing stones at them
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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4.4
Try every possible way and search everywhere to achieve a goal
- Literature
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7.7
To be the first to criticize someone when you have the same fault
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
1
8.1
A stone at Blarney Castle in Ireland that people kiss to speak in a fluent, pleasant way
- US
1
4.1
A large edible crab with a hard shell found in Florida and southern US waters, often eaten for its meat
- Literature
1
9.9
A magical thing that turns metals into gold and makes people live forever
1
6.3
A heavy round piece of granite with a handle that slides across ice in the game of curling
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4.5
A stone placed at a building's start during a ceremony, often with the date and founder's name
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3.6
A stone like amethyst or turquoise used in jewelry that costs less than diamonds
- Specialized
A fine white clay made when rocks break down and used to make pottery and as a filler
- South African
A small plant with thick leaves that look like stones and one yellow or white flower
- South African
A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers
A later part of the Stone Age when people begin farming and make polished stone tools
- Specialized
A rock made of many pebbles and small stones held together by harder material
- Literature
People in old stories say it changes ordinary metals into gold or gives eternal life
A large tree from central Europe with groups of five needles and edible seeds
- Specialized
A computer used by a hacker to reach other computers and hide where they came from
- US
A large brown fish that lives near rocks and shipwrecks in the Atlantic and Mediterranean
- Specialized
A winged insect that lives near streams and whose young live under stones in water
- UK
A small wild animal like a weasel with brown fur and a pale throat patch found in Europe and Asia
- South African
A small water-storing plant with thick leaves that look like stones
- Specialized
A small plant with delicate pink flowers that grows on sunny rocky ground
- Specialized
A large bird with a big head and eyes that is active at night near coasts and wetlands
- Specialized
A layer of stone attached to the outside of a wall or riverbank to protect it
A small plant with thick leaves that look like stones and a single yellow or white flower
A machine that splits large stone blocks like granite or marble into smaller pieces
- South African
A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers
How Dangerous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stone meaning to kill by throwing stones comes from the noun stone, since people used stones as weapons. So to 'stone' someone is to attack them by throwing stones at them.