Capital punishment
Capital punishment noun - Putting a condemned person to death.
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Gallows and capital punishment are semantically related In some cases you can use "Gallows" instead a noun phrase "Capital punishment".
Gallows
Gallows noun - An instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging.
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Synonyms for Gallows
Capital punishment and gallows are semantically related in hanging topic. You can use "Capital punishment" instead a noun "Gallows".
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- execution and capital punishment
- execution and gallows
- drop and capital punishment
- drop and gallows
- punishment and capital punishment
- punishment and gallows
- guillotine and capital punishment
- guillotine and gallows
- hanging and capital punishment
- hanging and gallows
- rope and capital punishment
- rope and gallows
- scaffold and capital punishment
- scaffold and gallows
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