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stone verb ( THROW ROCKS )

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Definition

to throw stones at something or someone
Rioters set up barricades and stoned police cars.
stone sb to death
to kill someone as a punishment by throwing stones at them

(Definition of stone verb (THROW ROCKS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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