instrument of execution
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1. an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | instrument, |
| definition | : | a device that requires skill for proper use (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | gallows, |
| definition | : | an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | death chamber, gas chamber, |
| definition | : | instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | guillotine, |
| definition | : | instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | stake, |
| definition | : | instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | scaffold, |
| definition | : | a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) (noun.artifact) |
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