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lynches

lynches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lynch.

Meaning of lynch

Verb

lynch (third-person singular simple present lynches, present participle lynching, simple past and past participle lynched)

  1. (transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob.
    • Public anger erupted. Soldiers were lynched in the streets including young recruits proven to have been deceived by their generals about the true intentions of the attack.2018, “Europe's Flashpoints” (2:12 from the start), in Close Up — The Current Affairs Documentary, episode 2, (narration regarding the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt) (actor), via Deutsche Welle...
    Synonyms:
    string up
  2. (broadly, colloquial, transitive) To castigate severely.
    • I telephoned Bill Brandon in Oxford and begged him to get the new refrigeration unit into production before I got lynched.2024, Louis Hagen, Suddenly an Englishman

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Proper noun capitalized: Lynches

Lynches

  1. (plural) plural of Lynch.

Questions about lynches

What is lynches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lynches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lynch.
What part of speech is lynches?
Lynches is a proper noun.

Words near lynches in the dictionary

  1. lynched
  2. lynchee
  3. lynchees
  4. lyncher
  5. lynchers
  6. lynches
  7. Lynchesque
  8. lynchet
  9. lynchets
  10. Lynchian
  11. lynchin'

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