Executed
Executed adjective - Put to death as punishment.
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Hanged and executed are semantically related. in formally put to death topic. In some cases you can use "Hanged" instead an adjective "Executed".
Hanged
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- Tavern wenches who slept with Lannister soldiers were likewise executed and hanged from trees, their bodies left to the crows.
Source: Obligatory War Crime Scene -
Their captor remarks that normally they would be executed by firing squad, but since ammunition is so scarce, they'll be hanged instead.
Source: Shot at Dawn -
Due to a bit of Deus ex Machina, she not only fails (Elizabeth is pregnant and can't be executed), but she gets Proctor himself hanged instead as he chooses to take the heat. Oopsie.
Source: Murder the Hypotenuse
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