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lynchings

lynchings is the plural of lynching.

Meaning of lynching

Noun

lynching (plural lynchings)

  1. Execution of a person by mob action without due process of law, especially by hanging.
    • The police with difficulty prevented the swaying mass from lynching him on the spot.1891, Grant Allen, Jerry Stokes

Questions about lynchings

What is lynchings the plural of?
Lynchings is the plural of lynching.

Words near lynchings in the dictionary

  1. lynchet
  2. lynchets
  3. Lynchian
  4. lynchin'
  5. lynching
  6. lynchings
  7. lynchman
  8. lynchmen
  9. lynchmob
  10. lynchmobs
  11. lynchpin

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