Gallows and Pain

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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Pain and gallows are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pain" instead a noun "Gallows".

Pain noun - A sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body.

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Gallows and pain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gallows" instead a noun "Pain".

Nearby Words: painful, pained, painfully, painless, paining

Match Cut: From Timothy Evans being dropped through a gallows to John Christie straightening up and wincing with back pain.

Source: Film / 10 Rillington Place
The Alcatraz: Gallows keep, where prisoners with powers are kept and tortured such as Gestalt Amnesia Danger: averted since Myfanwy's power erupts by default if she's attacked/put in enough pain.

Source: Literature / The Rook
Black Comedy: Several remarks about the absurdity of the situation and some Gallows Humor about getting killed by a bayonet being far worse than by a machine gun, when two soldiers discuss that death itself is not the problem, but the pain is.

Source: Film / Paths of Glory

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