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hot seat collapse: a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism

gallows collapse: an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

electric chair collapse: an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"

scaffold collapse: a temporary arrangement erected around a building for convenience of workers; a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded); provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting it"

gas chamber collapse: instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals

guillotine collapse: instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people; kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

ax collapse: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle; terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"

scofflaw collapse: one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses

halter collapse: either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight; a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered; rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading; hang with a halter

chair collapse: a seat for one person, with a support for the back; "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"; act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years"

crucifixion collapse: the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering; 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; the death of Jesus on the cross

hemlock collapse: an evergreen tree; soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock; large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous; poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

execution collapse: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"; putting a condemned person to death; a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out; (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable; (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

Judas collapse: a one-way peephole in a door; someone who betrays under the guise of friendship; (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver

noose collapse: a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled; secure with a noose; make a noose in or of

stoning collapse: pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

tree collapse: English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917); a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms; a figure that branches from a single root; "genealogical tree"; stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree; chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"; plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"

deceiver collapse: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

garrote collapse: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation; strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

racketeer collapse: someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion); carry on illegal business activities involving crime

poisoning collapse: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill; the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

thief collapse: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

felon collapse: a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

convict collapse: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison; a person who has been convicted of a criminal offence; find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

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