All lethal injection synonyms
le·thal in·jec·tion
L l noun lethal injection
- hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hanging — the way in which a thing hangs.
- crucifixion — Crucifixion is a way of killing people which was common in the Roman Empire, in which they were tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- shooting — to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- gassing — an affecting, overcoming, or poisoning with gas or fumes.
- impalement — to fasten, stick, or fix upon a sharpened stake or the like.
- decapitation — to cut off the head of; behead: Many people were decapitated during the French Revolution.
- capital punishment — Capital punishment is punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder.
- rub out — to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area.
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.