The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the permanent cessation of the vital functions of a… As a sentence or punishment for a crime, etc…
| 单词 | θ172834 |
| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] (152) deatheOE The act or fact of dying; the end of life; the permanent cessation of the vital functions of a… As a sentence or punishment for a crime, etc… justificationa1419 Administration of justice or the law; legal redress, execution of sentence; Scottish capital punishment. Obsolete. capital punishment1581 the death penalty for a crime. death penalty1836 the punishment of a crime by execution; cf. capital punishment n. at capital, adj. n.2compounds 1a. rope1934 A cord for killing a person by hanging, esp. as a means of execution or capital punishment. In extended use: execution by hanging. Also in to take a… Subcategories:— infliction of (5) — receiving of (1) — one who advocates (3) — lynching (3) — execution of one in ten (2) — execution of nine out of ten (2) — execution of every hundredth (1) — beheading (30) — quartering (4) — disembowelling as judicial penalty (1) — crucifixion (7) — by impaling (2) — garrotting (4) — burning (12) — electrocution (8) — drowning (3) — leaving to perish in boat (1) — stoning (2) — shooting (1) — place of (17) — executioner (17) — one who lynches (2) — one who beheads (9) — one who quarters (1) — one who crucifies (3) — one who garrottes (2) — firing squad (2) — reprieve or delay in carrying out (2) |
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