execution

A legal or otherwise enforced method of killing someone, usually as punishment for a crime. Typically the condemned is bound so that he or she cannot escape. The execution is performed by an executioner using various methods.

Use this tag when the execution is about to be carried out or has been carried out.

Examples

Related tags

Types

• burning at the stake
• cement shoes
• crucifixion
• decapitation
• electric chair
• firing squad
• gas chamber
• guillotine
• hanged
• lethal injection

See also

• death
• dying
• imminent death
• guro

External links

• Wikipedia: Capital punishment