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English noun: instrument of execution

1. instrument of execution (artifact) an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person


Broader (hypernym)instrument


Narrower (hyponym)chair, death chair, death chamber, electric chair, gallows, garotte, garrote, garrotte, gas chamber, guillotine, hot seat, iron collar, stake


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