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suicide suspension

suicide suspension noun: the act of suspending a person upright by means of hooks placed in the flesh of the upper back.

Noun

suicide suspension

  1. The act of suspending a person upright by means of hooks placed in the flesh of the upper back.

Origin of suicide suspension

So called because the suspended person has the appearance of a person who has hanged themselves.

Questions about suicide suspension

What does suicide suspension mean?
Suicide suspension means the act of suspending a person upright by means of hooks placed in the flesh of the upper back.
What part of speech is suicide suspension?
Suicide suspension is a noun.

Words near suicide suspension in the dictionary

  1. suicide squads
  2. suicide squeeze
  3. suicide squeezes
  4. Suicide Sunday
  5. Suicide Sundays
  6. suicide suspension
  7. suicide tourism
  8. suicide tourist
  9. suicide tourists
  10. suicide tree
  11. suicide trees

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