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Definitions of hanging in various dictionaries:
noun - decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window
noun - a form of capital punishment
noun - the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)
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| Joachim Von Ribbentrop, 1946 |
| 19 convicted "witches" were executed this way in Salem, Massachusetts |
| British officer John Andre,1780 |
| "Dancing on air" is an expressive phrase for this form of capital punishment |
| 1865:Mary Surratt, who had the wrong guests at her boardinghouse |
| In 1880 outlaw Ned Kelly was doing this around Melbourne |
| One of Washington State's modes of execution; Nathan Hale & John Brown died that way |
| Nathan Hale |
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| the practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment. |
| Suspended in the air. |
| A decorative piece of fabric or curtain hung on the wall of a room or around a bed. |
| The practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment. |
| the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely) |
| decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window |
| a form of capital punishment victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead |
| a large piece of cloth, often with a picture on it, that is hung on a wall for decoration: |
| the act of killing someone, especially as a punishment for a serious crime, by dropping that person with a rope tied around their neck |
| the practice of killing someone by dropping them down suddenly with a rope tied around the neck: |
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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 |