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stoning

stoning

10 9.9
A punishment where people throw stones at a person and can kill them
  • noun
  • /ˈstoʊnɪŋ/
  • Offensive
translation icon : lapidación
  • And the cruel punishments set forth in the Old Testament laws (notably death by stoning)
  • stoning to death
  • stoning as a punishment

I saw one stoning where they stoned a young girl to death that had a baby out of wedlock with her cousin or something.

Examples

  • Allah's Apostle Muhammad did carry out the punishment of stoning, and so did we after him.

    Blog text (25)

  • That's punishable by stoning in some countries.

    Miss March (2009)

  • But beliefs that support the stoning of people to death are not one of those ways.

    Blog text (19)

  • There is also a targeted campaign against the stoning penalty, which is still being occasionally invoked after a prior suspension of it.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Allah's Apostle did carry out the punishment of stoning, and so did we after him.

    Blog text (1)

  • Christians who witnessed the stoning of Stephen (Acts 11:19) returned here and preached the Gospel.

    Blog text (30)

  • In some cultures, a crime can lead to stoning as a form of punishment.

  • The public condemned the stoning of individuals accused of blasphemy.

  • There are reports of stoning incidents taking place in certain regions of the country.

Synonyms

execution
vsstoning
361 6.5

Putting a person to death as punishment for a crime

focuses on a single method using small rocks not any method
putting to death
vsstoning
  • NSFW
1 8.4

Killing a living thing, for example as punishment or to end suffering

is specific to using small rocks as punishment rather than any cause of death
lapidation
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  • NSFW
9.9

An act of killing someone by throwing stones at them

is the common historical term used for that practice

Antonyms

mercy
609 1.3

Kindness shown to someone who is suffering or could be punished

to pardon
211 3.0

To forgive someone for a small mistake or rude act

How Forceful

stoning
  • Offensive
10 9.9
pebbling
4.4

Surface Forms

stoning singular
stonings plural

Morphology

stoning = stone (transparent) = stone + ing

A standard deverbal nominalization: 'stone' (verb) + '-ing' denotes the act or process of throwing stones.

Etymology

The word stoning comes from the simple word stone, which means 'a small hard rock', plus the ending -ing, and it literally means 'throwing stones' at someone as a punishment. That's why stoning refers to the cruel act of punishing someone by throwing stones, sometimes causing death.