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gallows

noun as in place for hanging

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The last woman believed to have been executed in England for witchcraft may have avoided the gallows, according to new research.

From BBC

The ghostly story tells the tale of a sailor murdered by three criminals whose bodies were strung up on a hanging gallows as a warning to passing travellers.

From BBC

The Jan. 6 insurrectionists responded to Pence’s stand by erecting a gallows on the Capitol grounds and threatening to hang him, which Trump said was a good idea.

Streetwise and informed by Price’s trademark dialogue and gallows humor, it’s a tale of individual redemption and an exploration of the precarity of American life.

Though an evangelical, Trump’s fans had hoisted gallows during the January 6 insurrection and would have been more than happy to hang him from them.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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