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executioner noun[ C ] uk /ˌek.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən.ər/ us /ˌek.səˈkjuː.ʃən.ɚ/ someone whose job is to execute criminals刽子手;行刑人 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Death penalties behead boot boots on the groundidiom burn capital offence capital punishment chair condemn death sentence death warrant decapitate decapitation firing squad guillotine hang hanging hangman hung stake the electric chair
The executioner approached to throw the rope over the neck of his victim. The executioner intimated that the moment of execution had arrived, and that they must part. The executioners, too, are picked out from among the strongest men, and are so well trained that they never miss a blow. |