crucify 'kill by nailing onto a cross' hang 'kill by hanging' string up 'kill by hanging'
hang poison suffocate garrotte smother fry drown strangle crucify stake strangulate knife stab asphyxiate pip gas shoot electrocute
execute 'COD: carry out a sentence of death on (a condemned person). ' hang 'COD: kill or be killed by tying a rope attached from above around the neck and removing the support from beneath the feet (used as a form of capital punishment). ' guillotine 'COD: execute by guillotine. '
NP (Agent) V () NP (Patient) PP.result[to,into] (Result)
Examples from WordNet
The murderer was hanged on Friday Jesus Christ was crucified
Examples from VerbNet
The Boston Strangler strangled his victims dead. The witch poisoned Snow White. The Boston Strangler strangled his victims to death. The queen poisoned Snow White with an apple.
Examples from SemCor
Anyway, I did not see her until two_weeks after the refugee hanged himself. She went to the father and found he had hanged himself''. For these crimes he was sentenced to be hanged in_public on Friday, December 2, 1859. The Woonsocket_Patriot admitted that John_Brown might deserve punishment or imprisonment`` but he should no_more be hung than Henry_A._Wise or James_Buchanan''. Hanging the responsible officials would not abolish the government, but would emphasize its accountability for the lives of its individual citizens, which would certainly alter it, and definitely for the better. Two thieves are crucified with Christ, one saved and the other damned. To hang 50 Governors might be preferable except that they are not directly related_to the highways; so, all things considered, the highway commissioners would seem to be elected. On December 2, 1859, John_Brown was hanged at Charles_Town, Virginia. If we make it established custom that whenever butchery on the highways grows excessive, say beyond 25000 per_annum, then somebody is going_to hang, it follows that the more eminent the victim, the more impressive the lesson. Then let the whole lot be hanged in a public mass execution on July 4, 1963. A fellow came_up_to me, a Senator, I do have_to tell you his name, and he told me,' I love the President like a brother, but God_damn_it, he 's crucifying me. Concerning the sentence the editor asked,`` What can Virginia do than to hang the men who have defied her laws, organized treason, and butchered her citizens''. Usually a veteran has to hang himself to get space on the front page.