hangingnoun
uk/ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/us/ˈhæŋ.ɪŋ/hanging noun (KILL)
[ C or U ] the act of killing someone, especially as a punishment for a serious crime, by dropping that person with a rope tied around their neck
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Death penalties
- behead
- burn
- capital punishment
- chair
- condemn
- condemn sb to (do) sth
- condemned
- decapitate
- execute
- execution
- executioner
- gallows
- hangman
- hung, drawn, and quartered idiom
- noose
- scaffold
- stake
- stone
- string
- string sb up
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hanging noun (PICTURE)
[ C usually plural ] a large piece of cloth, often with a picture on it, that is hung on a wall for decoration:
The castle's great hall was decorated with sumptuous wall hangings.
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Decorating or making something attractive
- accessorize
- adorn
- adornment
- beautify
- bedeck
- edged
- embellish
- festoon
- flatter
- flock
- garland
- glam
- ornamentation
- ornate
- pimp
- prettify
- redecorate
- twiddly
- window dressing
- zhuzh
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