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hanging

Execution by suspension, usually with a drop of 0.6-2 m/2-6 ft, so that the powerful jerk of the tightened rope breaks the neck. This was once a common form of capital punishment in Europe and is still practised in some states in the USA.
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Higginbotham's own family had but just discovered his corpse, hanging on the St.
From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
But I promise ye the biggest public hanging that has been seen in this shire for many changes of the moon
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A FOX, seeing some sour grapes hanging within an inch of his nose, and being unwilling to admit that there was anything he would not eat, solemnly declared that they were out of his reach.
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