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  • noun Lapidation: punishment by throwing stones, usually resulting in death
  • verb Present participle of stone.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

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