stoning

English

Noun

stoning (plural stonings)

  1. lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death
    • 2009 January 14, Nazila Fathi, “Iran Says U.S. Helped Finance Overthrow Plot”, in New York Times‎:
      The stonings came as something of a surprise, in that Iranian officials had said they had suspended that method of execution.

Translations
lapidation — see lapidation

Verb

stoning

  1. present participle and gerund of stone

Anagrams
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