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11hanged — It was disclosed that a young white official had been found hanged to death in his cell (New York Times). Hanged to death is a tautology. So too, for that matter, are starved to death and strangled to death. The writer was correct, however,… …
12hanged — /hæŋd/ (say hangd) verb 1. past tense of hang. –adjective 2. subjected to the punishment of hanging: the hanged man. –phrase 3. be hanged, Colloquial (used in emphatic assertions): be hanged if I care; I ll be hanged if I ll go …
13Hanged, drawn and quartered —  Ne doit pas être confondu avec Équarrissage. Supplice de Hugues le Despenser (manuscrit de Froissart) …
14hanged, hung — The principal parts of hang are hang, hung, hung. However, when the word refers to the death penalty, the parts are hang, hanged, hanged. The draperies are hung. The murderer was hanged …
15Hanged — Hang Hang (h[a^]ng), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hanged} (h[a^]ngd) or {Hung} (h[u^]ng); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hanging}. Usage: The use of hanged is preferable to that of hung, when reference is had to death or execution by suspension, and it is also more… …
16Hanged, drawn and quartered — Representación de la ejecución de Hugo Despenser el Joven en un manuscrito de Jean Froissart. Hanged, drawn and quartered (literalmente, ahorcado, arrastrado o extraído[1] …
17hanged — See hanged, hung …
18hanged — , hung People are hanged; objects are hung …
19hanged if, I'll be — Emph. negative. ♣ Hanged if I will! I won t under any circumstances! …
20hanged, drawn and quartered — A method of executing traitors in England, said to have been introduced in 1241. The traitor was carried on a sled, or hurdle to the gallows (formerly dragged there tied to the tail of a horse); hanged till half dead and then cut down; his… …
