💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lynching"
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|---|---|
| executionnoun | The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances). |
| lynch lawnoun | The practice of condemning and punishing a person by mob action without a proper trial. |
| lynch mobnoun | A group of vigilantes intent on lynching someone. |
| necktie partynoun | (US, idiomatic, dated) An execution by hanging, especially a lynching. |
| hangingverb | Suspended. |
| hanging offencenoun | (idiomatic) A crime so serious that it is punishable by means of death by hanging. |
| dropnoun | (also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid. |
| summary executionnoun | An execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without the benefit of a full and fair trial. |
| jungle justicenoun | Extrajudicial punishment, including lynching, in a jungle (or, figuratively, a jungle-like area). |
| ropenoun | (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. |
| manslayingnoun | The deliberate killing of a human being; murder. |
| crucifixionnoun | (Christianity, often capitalized) The death of Jesus Christ on the Cross. |
| deathnoun | The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state. |
| electrocutionnoun | The accidental death or suicide by electric shock. |
| necktie-partynoun | Alternative form of necktie party. [(US, idiomatic, dated) An execution by hanging, especially a lynching.] |
| slayingnoun | Killing, especially the murder of a human. |
| lapidationnoun | (law) The practice or act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment |
| garrottingnoun | A murder or execution with a garrotte. |
| guillotinementnoun | An execution by guillotine. |
| stoningnoun | lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death |
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