Execution
Noose
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", a dramatic story in which the hero's noose snaps, and he escapes his execution only to instead snap out of his fantasy and die without a fight.
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There is also a real 'hanging judge', Mr Justice Vosper, a relic from the days of the noose who summed up dead against one of Rumpoles' old clients, leading to his execution.
Source: Hanging Judge - Although his request to be executed by firing squad was denied, all present at his execution agreed he conducted himself with gentlemanly conduct, refusing a blindfold and placing the noose around his neck himself.
Source: Face Death with Dignity
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