s/n3575691

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has gloss	(noun) an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person instrument of execution
lexicalization	eng: instrument of execution
subclass of	(noun) a device that requires skill for proper use instrument
has subclass	(noun) an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" hot seat, death chair, electric chair, chair
has subclass	(noun) an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging gallows
has subclass	(noun) an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation iron collar, garrote, garrotte, garotte
has subclass	(noun) instrument of execution consisting of a sealed chamber into which poison gas is introduced; used to kill people or animals gas chamber, death chamber
has subclass	(noun) instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people guillotine
has subclass	(noun) instrument of execution consisting of a vertical post that a victim is tied to for burning stake

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has part	(noun) a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) scaffold