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Definitions of hanged in various dictionaries:
verb - be suspended or hanging
verb - cause to be hanging or suspended
verb - kill by hanging
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| It's the preferred past participle of hang when it means "put to death by hanging" |
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| Past tense and past participle of hang. See Usage Note at hang. |
| suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free. |
| kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around their neck and removing the support from beneath them (often used as a form of capital punishment). |
| remain static in the air. |
| Suspend or be suspended from above with the lower part dangling free. |
| Kill (someone) by tying a rope attached from above around their neck and removing the support from beneath them (often used as a form of capital punishment) |
| Remain static in the air. |
| Come or cause to come unexpectedly to a state in which no further operations can be carried out. |
| Spend time relaxing or enjoying oneself. |
| Deliver (a pitch) which does not change direction and is easily hit by a batter. |
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Hanging is the suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain "hanging". Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since medieval times, and is the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The first account of execution by hanging was in Homer's Odyssey (Book XXII). In this specialised meaning of the common word hang, the past and past participle is hanged instead of hung. * Hanging is also a common method of suicide in which a person applies a ligature to the neck and brings about unconsciousness and then death by suspension. Partial suspension or partial weight-bearing on the ligature is sometimes used, particularly in prisons, mental hospitals or other institutions, where full suspension support is difficult to d |