lapidation

Thân thiện

Definition

Noun: 1. The act of executing or punishing someone by throwing stones at them: A form of capital punishment where a group of people throws stones at an individual until they die. 2. The act of pelting with stones: A more general term for the action of throwing stones at someone or something, often as an attack or punishment.

Usage Examples

• The ancient law prescribed lapidation for certain crimes.
• The crowd's anger turned to violent lapidation.
• Historical accounts describe the brutal practice of lapidation.

Advanced Usage

• "To die by lapidation": To be killed by being stoned.
  • The condemned woman was sentenced to die by lapidation.
• "A sentence of lapidation": A judicial ruling that imposes death by stoning.
  • The court's controversial verdict was a sentence of lapidation.

Variants and Related Words

• Stone (verb): To throw stones at someone, especially as a form of punishment.
  • The mob threatened to stone the accused thief.
• Stoning (noun): The common, more modern term for lapidation.
  • Stoning remains a legal punishment in a few jurisdictions.

Synonyms

• Stoning
• Pelting

Related Phrases

• To be stoned to death: The result of lapidation.
  • The heretic was stoned to death by the crowd.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• stoning