VERB | social | lynch | kill without legal sanction |
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Sounds | lih'nch | |
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Rhymes | cinch ... winch: 9 rhymes with ihnch... |
Meaning | kill without legal sanction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They want to lynch the prisoners | |
Example | "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child" | |
Broader | kill | Cause to die |
Spanish | linchar | |
Catalan | linxar | |
Nouns | lynching | putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law |
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