Death penalty
Death penalty noun - Putting a condemned person to death.
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Gallows and death penalty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gallows" instead a noun phrase "Death penalty".
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
Death penalty and gallows are semantically related. You can use "Death penalty" instead a noun "Gallows".
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- execution and death penalty
- execution and gallows
- drop and death penalty
- drop and gallows
- guillotine and death penalty
- guillotine and gallows
- hanging and death penalty
- hanging and gallows
- rope and death penalty
- rope and gallows
- scaffold and death penalty
- scaffold and gallows
- noose and death penalty
- noose and gallows
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