Hinrichtung

Related words

• Scheinhinrichtung

  mock execution

• Todesstrafe

  Death penalty

• Kreuzigung

  crucifixion

• Garrotte

  Garrote

• Hexenverfolgung

  Witch hunt

• enthaupten

  Behead

• Autodafé

  Auto-da-fé

• Erschießung

  execution by firing squad

• Steinigung

  Stoning

• Todesurteil

  Death sentence

• Genickschuss

  A shot in the back of the neck, often as a method of execution.

• Nachrichter

  A headsman is an outdated term for a person who carries out executions.

• Nachrichter

  A headsman is an outdated term for a person who carries out executions.

• steinigen

  To stone

• rädern

  Break on the wheel

• Schafott

  A scaffold is a raised platform used for public executions.

• Enthauptung

  Beheading

• Fallbeil

  A guillotine is a historical execution device that decapitates by means of a falling blade.

• Guillotine

  The guillotine is a beheading device, a historical execution tool consisting of a heavy, falling blade that severs the head of the condemned.

• Schierlingsbecher

  Hemlock cup

• über die Planke gehen

  to walk the plank

• Giftspritze

  A lethal injection is an injection with a deadly dose of poison, used for the execution of death row inmates.

Example sentences with “Hinrichtung”

1. Die Hinrichtung fand im Morgengrauen statt. (The execution took place at dawn.)

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