Meaning of CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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| | Definition: | | [n] putting a condemned person to death |
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| | Synonyms: | | death penalty, executing, execution |
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| | See Also: | | beheading, burning, burning at the stake, corporal punishment, crucifixion, decapitation, electrocution, hanging | |
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| | Related Terms: | | beheading, burning, crucifixion, decapitation, decollation, defenestration, electrocution, execution, fusillade, garrote, gassing, hanging, hemlock, judicial murder, lapidation, necktie party, poisoning, shooting, stoning, strangling, strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope |
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