death penalty
Noun
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Putting a condemned person to death (synset 101166269)
is a type of: corporal punishment - the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crimesubtypes:
- 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
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