hanging - a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

electrocution, burning - execution by electricity

beheading, decapitation - execution by cutting off the victim's head

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

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death penalty n → pena di morte

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