verb

to cut off someone’s head, especially as a punishment

noun

the punishment of being legally killed

noun

the electric chair

noun

a method of killing someone by fastening them to a cross with nails or rope

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legal punishment by death, usually for a serious crime such as murder. Killing people officially is called capital punishment.

noun

the part of a prison for criminals who are going to be executed (=legally killed)

noun

a judge’s official statement ordering someone to be punished by death

noun

an official document ordering someone to be punished by death

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a chair to which someone is fastened and legally killed, especially in the US, by having a very strong electrical current passed through their body

verb

to kill someone as a punishment for a crime

noun

the act of killing a person as a punishment for a crime

noun

someone whose job is to execute criminals

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a wooden frame used for killing criminals by hanging them from it with a rope around their neck

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a building or room where officials kill prisoners by filling the air with poison gas

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a tall wooden structure from which criminals were hanged in the past

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a machine used in the past for cutting off someone’s head. It consisted of a heavy blade that slid down a tall wooden structure, cutting through their neck.

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a way of killing someone by putting a rope around their neck and letting them hang from it, usually as a punishment

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someone whose job is to kill people by hanging them

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a method of executing someone by using a needle to put a drug into their body

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a piece of rope that is formed into a circle at one end, so that if you pull the other end the circle becomes smaller. A noose is used for killing someone by hanging them by the neck.

noun

the punishment of being killed by hanging

verb

to officially decide not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment

noun

an official decision not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment

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a structure on which criminals were killed in the past by being hanged or beheaded

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a thick wooden pole that someone was tied to and burnt in the past as a punishment

an old way of referring to the punishment of hanging people as a way of killing them