lapidate

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verb

1. kill by throwing stones at
- People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock
• Syn:
stone
• Derivationally related forms:
lapidation, lapidator, stone (for: stone), stoner (for: stone), stoning (for: stone)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to lapidate the prisoners
2. throw stones at
- Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation
• Derivationally related forms:
lapidation
• Hypernyms:
pelt, bombard
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody