#executing__execution__capital_punishment__capitalpunishment__death_penalty__deathpenalty putting a condemned person to death
supertype: corporal_punishment the infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
subtype: burning_at_the_stake__burning execution by fire
subtype: auto-da-fe the burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition)
subtype: hanging a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead; "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"
subtype: electrocution.executing__burning execution by electricity
subtype: beheading__decapitation execution by cutting off the victim's head
subtype: crucifixion the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross
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