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| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kill by suspension from a rope |
| Synonyms: | execute, gibbet, hoist, lynch, noose, scrag, send to the gallows, stretch*, string up, swing* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | circle, spiral |
| Synonyms: | bend, circuit, circumference, coil, convolution, curl, curve, eyelet, hoop, kink, knot, loophole, noose, ring, twirl, twist, whorl, wreath |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | snare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trap |
| Synonyms: | allurement, bait, booby trap, catch, come-on, deception, decoy, enticement, entrapment, inveiglement, lure, net, noose, pitfall, quicksand, seducement, temptation, trick, wire |
| Antonyms: | freedom, liberation |
| Main Entry: | trap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snare, trick |
| Synonyms: | allurement, ambuscade, ambush, artifice, bait, booby trap, come-on, conspiracy, deception, decoy, device, dragnet, enticement, feint, gambit, hook*, intrigue, inveiglement, lasso, lure, machination, maneuver, net, noose, pitfall, plot, ploy, prank, quagmire, quicksand, ruse, seducement, snag*, stratagem, subterfuge, temptation, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lariat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rope |
| Synonyms: | lasso, noose, reata, riata, tether |
| Main Entry: | gallows |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for hanging |
| Synonyms: | gibbet, hanging, noose, potence, rope, scaffold |
| Main Entry: | bight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bay |
| Synonyms: | angle, bayou, gulf, inlet, loop, noose, road |
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