Thesaurus:die by hanging

Thesaurus

die by hanging

English

Verb

Sense: to be killed by suspension by the neck

Synonyms

• dance upon nothing (archaic)
• dangle
• hang
• ride a horse foaled by an acorn (obsolete)
• string up (obsolete)
• swing
• take a ride to Tyburn (archaic)
• trine (thieves' cant)

Various

• kill by hanging    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• die    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:gallows
• Thesaurus:gallows bird
• Thesaurus:hangworthy

Further reading

• “972. punishment” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “die by hanging” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.