Synonyms and antonyms of The punishment of being legally killed in American Thesaurus

behead (verb)

to cut off someone’s head, especially as a punishment

capital punishment (noun)

the punishment of being legally killed

the chair (noun)

informal the electric chair

crucifixion (noun)

a method of killing someone by fastening them to a cross with nails or rope

the death penalty (noun)

legal punishment by death, usually for a serious crime such as murder. Killing people officially is called capital punishment.

death row (noun)

the part of a prison for criminals who are going to be executed (=legally killed)

death sentence (noun)

a judge’s official statement ordering someone to be punished by death

death warrant (noun)

an official document ordering someone to be punished by death

electric chair (noun)

a chair to which someone is fastened and legally killed, especially in the U.S., by having a very strong electrical current passed through their body

execute (verb)

to kill someone as a punishment for a crime

execution (noun)

the act of killing a person as a punishment for a crime

executioner (noun)

someone whose job is to execute criminals

fry (verb)

Americaninformal to kill someone officially as a punishment using the electric chair, or to be killed in this way

gallows (noun)

a wooden frame used for killing criminals by hanging them from it with a rope around their neck

gas chamber (noun)

a building or room where officials kill prisoners by filling the air with poison gas

gibbet (noun)

a tall wooden structure from which criminals were hanged in the past

guillotine (noun)

a machine used in the past for cutting off someone’s head. It consisted of a heavy blade that slid down a tall wooden structure, cutting through their neck.

hanging (noun)

a way of killing someone by putting a rope around their neck and letting them hang from it, usually as a punishment

hangman (noun)

someone whose job is to kill people by hanging them

lethal injection (noun)

a method of executing someone by using a needle to put a drug into their body

the noose (noun)

a piece of rope that is formed into a circle at one end, so that if you pull the other end the circle becomes smaller. A noose is used for killing someone by hanging them by the neck.

the noose (noun)

mainly literary the punishment of being killed by hanging

reprieve (noun)

an official decision not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment

reprieve (verb)

to officially decide not to kill someone who was going to be killed as a punishment

the rope ()

an old way of referring to the punishment of hanging people as a way of killing them

scaffold (noun)

a structure on which criminals were killed in the past by being hanged or beheaded

the stake (noun)

a thick wooden pole that someone was tied to and burned in the past as a punishment