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executioning

executioning noun: capital punishment.

Noun

executioning (countable and uncountable, plural executionings)

  1. (dialectal) capital punishment
    • ‘I never went from my word that I know of, and times have changed since you last did a little executioning on your own account. I should not rest in my grave were you strung up for me,’ groaned the schoolmaster.1898, Matilda Betham-Edwards, chapter XXVIII, in A Storm-rent Sky: Scenes of Love and Revolution, London: Hurst and Blackett, Limited, page 290
    • Executioning: for us exterminators, that’s the major league. The show.1999 April 27, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky, 2:59 from the start, in Wes Archer, director, Death and Texas (King of the Hill), season 3, episode 22, spoken by Dale Gribble (Johnny Hardwick), 20th...

Forms of executioning

pluralexecutionings

Questions about executioning

What does executioning mean?
Executioning means capital punishment.
What part of speech is executioning?
Executioning is a noun.
What is the plural of executioning?
The plural of executioning is executionings.

Words near executioning in the dictionary

  1. executionary
  2. executioner
  3. executioneress
  4. executioneresses
  5. executioners
  6. executioning
  7. executionism
  8. executionist
  9. executionists
  10. executions
  11. executive

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