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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

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

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"

decapitate collapse: cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution"

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"

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"

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"

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

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"

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

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

murder collapse: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being; kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

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

crucify collapse: kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"

fusillade collapse: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"; attack with fusillade

execute collapse: sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty"; kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"; murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"; carry out the legalities of; "execute a will or a deed"

strangulation collapse: (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine"; the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

hanging collapse: a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"; decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

strangle collapse: die from strangulation; kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"

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

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"

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