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hang verb ( KILL )
/hæŋ/ v Definition
[I or T] (hanged or hung, hanged or hung) to kill someone, especially as punishment for a serious crime, by dropping them with a rope tied around their neck, or to die in this way
He was found guilty and hanged later that year.
With so little evidence to prove her guilt, few people thought she should hang.
[R] The woman tried to hang herself with a sheet.
See also: hangman
(Definition of hang verb (KILL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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