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Meanings of death by hanging in English

Russian
повешенье
Portuguese
forca
Spanish
ahorcamiento
Catalan
execució a la forca
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Death by suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck.

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повешенье
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Examples for "hanging"
Examples for "hanging"
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Read: Kaizer Chiefs news: Work permit issue still hanging over new coach
The South African
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Animals of a species often do better hanging together than working alone.
The Disposable Male
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The point was hanging out not 'is everyone having a good time?
The Guardian
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The immediate fortunes of the Plan are precariously hanging in the balance.
Citadel of Faith
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Source: Tunisia Jews: A tiny community hanging on - and cooking 5.
BBC
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Other ministers in Blair's government have condemned the way Saddam was hanged.
Reuters
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I don't think they've hanged anyone his age in a hundred years.
A duty to the dead
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Local 10 News reports that Naika Venant hanged herself in a bathroom.
Ebony
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One should not talk of halters in the house of the hanged.
Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote
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He was the second last person to be hanged in New Zealand.
The Irish Times
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It says I will be hanged by the neck until dead on Wednesday, 10 June.
The Guardian
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In due course he was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged by the neck until dead.
Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer
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He laid out the terms of this transaction with admirable coolness, as if he were hanged by the neck until dead every Friday.
Quicksilver
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I says to myself right away: 'Bill, this young feller here is to be hanged by the neck until dead, in a few hours.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
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"And according to our law, you will now be hanged by the neck until dead."
Ghost memories
Usage of death by hanging in English
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Sentence: Msomi was sentenced to death by hanging at Pretoria High Court.
The South African
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And death by hanging he could not picture to himself at all.
The Seven Who Were Hanged
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In all, by the Governor's command, thirty-seven men suffered death by hanging.
Pioneers of the Old South: A Chronicle of English Colonial Begin...
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Therefore hang him, for no Jew has ever escaped death by hanging.
The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4
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Twenty, however, were put to death by hanging, among them a minister.
This Country of Ours
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Whosoever shall commit murder in any other way, shall suffer death by hanging.
Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
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Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death by hanging yesterday for crimes against humanity.
The Irish Times
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Saeed was sentenced to death by hanging and the others received life sentences.
The Irish Times
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The writers threatened him with death by hanging, gibbet, and stiletto.
A. lincoln: a biography
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He was sentenced to death by hanging-thedoom of traitors.
George Washington
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She was presented with a chilling choice; death by hanging or by being stabbed.
Radio NZ
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The evidence was direct and conclusive, and the prisoners were sentenced to death by hanging.
Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
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The remaining five were sentenced to death by hanging.
Millionaire: the philanderer, gambler, and duelist who invented ...
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She was tried and condemned to death by hanging.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
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Violations of the laws of war; and was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging.
Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California with Other Sk...
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President-elect of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte has said he aims to bring back death by hanging.
The Irish Times
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