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stoning

stoning noun: lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death. Also the present participle and gerund of stone.

Noun

stoning (countable and uncountable, plural stonings)

  1. lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death
    • The stonings came as something of a surprise, in that Iranian officials had said they had suspended that method of execution.2009 January 14, Nazila Fathi, “Iran Says U.S. Helped Finance Overthrow Plot”, in New York Times

Also used as

stoning is also the present participle and gerund of stone.

Forms of stoning

pluralstonings

Words that rhyme with stoning

Questions about stoning

What does stoning mean?
Stoning means lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death.
What part of speech is stoning?
Stoning is a noun.
What is the plural of stoning?
The plural of stoning is stonings.

Words near stoning in the dictionary

  1. stonify
  2. stonifying
  3. stonily
  4. stoniness
  5. stoninesses
  6. stoning
  7. stonings
  8. Stonington
  9. stonish
  10. stonished
  11. stonishes

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