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CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Putting a condemned person to death
Synonyms:
capital punishment; death penalty; executing; execution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("capital punishment" is a kind of...):
corporal punishment (the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "capital punishment"):
burning; burning at the stake (execution by fire)
hanging (a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead)
burning; electrocution (execution by electricity)
beheading; decapitation (execution by cutting off the victim's head)
crucifixion (the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross)
