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['skæfəld](a raised platform especially for use formerly when putting a criminal etc to death.) ικρίωμα
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putting to death — noun the act of terminating a life • Syn: ↑killing, ↑kill • Derivationally related forms: ↑kill (for: ↑kill), ↑kill (for: ↑killing) … Useful english dictionary
death penalty — noun putting a condemned person to death • Syn: ↑execution, ↑executing, ↑capital punishment • Derivationally related forms: ↑execute (for: ↑executing), ↑executioner ( … Useful english dictionary
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mercy killing — noun the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness) • Syn: ↑euthanasia • Hypernyms: ↑killing, ↑kill, ↑putting to death * * * noun, pl ⋯ ings : the killing of someone who is very sick or injured in… … Useful english dictionary
deathblow — n. 1 a blow or other action that causes death. 2 an event or circumstance that abruptly ends an activity, enterprise, etc. * * * noun the blow that kills (usually mercifully) • Syn: ↑coup de grace • Hypernyms: ↑killing, ↑kill, ↑putting to death * … Useful english dictionary
dispatch — I (act of putting to death) noun act of killing, act of slaying, assassination, bloodshed, death by violence, deathblow, destruction, disposal, doing away with, execution, extermination, homicide, killing, liquidation, massacre, murder II… … Law dictionary
beheading — noun 1. execution by cutting off the victim s head • Syn: ↑decapitation • Hypernyms: ↑execution, ↑executing, ↑capital punishment, ↑death penalty 2. killing by cutting off the head • … Useful english dictionary
decapitation — noun 1. execution by cutting off the victim s head • Syn: ↑beheading • Hypernyms: ↑execution, ↑executing, ↑capital punishment, ↑death penalty 2. killing by cutting off the head • … Useful english dictionary
electrocution — noun 1. execution by electricity • Syn: ↑burning • Derivationally related forms: ↑electrocute • Hypernyms: ↑execution, ↑executing, ↑capital punishment, ↑death penalty … Useful english dictionary
execution — noun Etymology: Middle English execucion, from Anglo French, from Latin exsecution , exsecutio, from exsequi to execute, from ex + sequi to follow more at sue Date: 14th century 1. the act or process of executing ; performance 2. a putting to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
asphyxiation — noun 1. the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture • Syn: ↑suffocation • Derivationally related forms: ↑asphyxiate, ↑suffocate (for: ↑suffoc … Useful english dictionary