Hanging and Lynching

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Hanging noun - A downward slope.

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Lynching and hanging are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lynching" instead a noun "Hanging".

Nearby Words: hang, hangup, hangout, hanger, hanged

Lynching noun - Putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law.

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Hanging and lynching are semantically related. You can use "Hanging" instead a noun "Lynching".

Nearby Word: lynched

It addressed the lynching of black people in the South, by comparing people hanging from trees with "strange fruit".

Source: Music / Billie Holiday
Contemptible Cover: Squatta's Paradise features a man hanging (whether it's a suicide or a lynching is unclear) from a tree.

Source: Music / Choking Victim
As a result, Mindfang manipulates the angry mob at her trial into lynching Redglare and hanging her with one of her own nooses.

Source: Cruel and Unusual Death

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