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beating, drubbing, lacing, licking, thrashing, trouncing, whacking
the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
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electric shock
the use of electricity to administer punishment or torture
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capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution
putting a condemned person to death
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gantlet, gauntlet
a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim
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kick in the butt
punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind
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lapidation, stoning
the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
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flagellation, flogging, lashing, tanning, whipping
beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
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flagellation
beating as a source of erotic or religious stimulation
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burning, burning at the stake
execution by fire
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hanging
a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead
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burning, electrocution
execution by electricity
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beheading, decapitation
execution by cutting off the victim's head
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crucifixion
the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
