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
Trees
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Scenery Gorn: There are a lot of gruesome sites to be found, especially in No Man's Land, where dead bodies litter the earth and corpses hang from trees and gallows.
- The very trees from which he hoped to build his gallows recoiled from his unclean presence, and unlike some Biblical antagonists, he's not an agent of divine retribution, just a self-important bastard who can't accept being disrespected.
Source: Monster / Other Media - Mixes the historical, the speculative, and the fantastic to the point that it's not clear where Aluminum Christmas Trees end and Hollywood Science begins, and features the period political jokes and Gallows Humor aplenty.
Source: Just For Fun / Trope Title Shows
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Trees and Gallows. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/gallows/trees
Gallows & Trees. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/gallows/trees>.
Trees or Gallows. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/gallows/trees.
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