Thesaurus:die by hanging

Thesaurus:die by hanging

THESAURUS

die by hanging

English

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    [WS]

Hypernyms

• die    [WS]

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.