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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Use British English from November 2016, Hanging, Execution methods, Human positions
EN
hanging  death by hanging  execution by hanging  hanged  hanged by the neck until dead
EN
A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead WordNet 3.0
English:
execution
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A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck. Wikipedia
A form of capital punishment Wikipedia Disambiguation
Death by suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck Wikidata
A death sentence that is to be executed by hanging. OmegaWiki
A form of execution or suicide where one is suspended in air from a noose and, thus, suffocated. OmegaWiki
A sometimes public event at which a person is hanged. Wiktionary
Public event at which a person is hanged. Wiktionary (translation)
EN
In those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The hanging of the bandits was attended by the whole village. Wiktionary
IS A
execution
cause of death
punishment
suicide methods
execution
+1 relations
PART OF
hanged, drawn, quartered and decapitated
HAS KIND
suicide by hanging
HAS INSTANCE
execution of Saddam Hussein
1885 hangings at Battleford
DERIVATION
hang
DIFFERENT FROM
hanging
suicide by hanging
HAS EFFECT
asphyxia
brain death
atlanto-occipital dislocation
unconsciousness
USE
hanging
suicide by hanging
USES
gallows
hanging
loop
scaffold
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
hanging
Wikipedia
EN
hanging
Wikidata
EN
execution by hanging, hanging
Wiktionary
EN
hanging
OmegaWiki
EN
death by hanging, hanging
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
death by hanging, Execute by hanging, executed by hanging, execution by hanging, Hang for murder, hanged, Hanging (execution), Hanging offense, hanging with dogs, hangings, public hanging, self-strangulation, short drop, Sus. per coll., Suspendatur per collum
Wikidata Alias
EN
colgando, death by hanging, execution by hanging, hanged, hanged by the neck until dead, hanging, hanging by the neck until dead

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