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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, congest, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, garrote, gasp, gibbet, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, strangulate, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring |
| Antonyms: | release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | gallows |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for hanging |
| Synonyms: | gibbet, hanging, noose, potence, rope, scaffold |
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Example Sentences
- Rembrandt made two drawings of the lifeless body attached to the gibbet.
- The gibbet has only increased his glory and made him a martyr.
- Finally, exasperated, the young boy's father answered by drawing a picture of a man on a gibbet.
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