hang
verb [I or T] (KILL) /hæŋ/ (hanged or hung, hanged or hung)Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 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. The woman tried to hang herself with a sheet. → See also hangmanDeath penalties
(Definition of hang verb (KILL) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- behead verb
- capital punishment noun
- chair noun (FURNITURE)
- condemn sb to (do) sth phrasal verb
- condemned cell noun
- crucify verb
- death warrant noun
- decapitate verb
- electrocute verb
- execute verb (KILL)
- execution noun (KILLING)
- executioner noun
- firing squad noun
- guillotine noun (DEVICE)
- guillotine verb (KILL)
- hanging noun (KILL)
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- stake noun (STICK)
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