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Stoning

To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

📖 Definitions of "Stoning"

verb
  1. 1

    To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.

    "She got stoned to death after they found her."

  2. 2

    To wall with stones.

  3. 3

    To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).

  4. 4

    To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.

noun
  1. 1

    Lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death

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