Execution
Of corporal punishment. May also be referred to as capital punishment, death penalty and executing.
Putting a condemned person to death.
This concept's ID is @1~6035
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- burning
Execution by fire.
- hanging
A form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until...
- electrocution
Execution by electricity.
- 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...
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- executioner
An official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant.