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Synonyms for stoning

the act of pelting with stones

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A 30-year-old man con victed of adultery has been stoned to death in northern Iran, but the consenting woman repented and was spared stoning.
Judiciary spokesman Ali-Reza Jamshidi on Tuesday confirmed the stoning, which took place in Rasht shortly before Now Ruz.
Man stoned to death in Rasht for adultery
In the "Books & Ideas" column of the October Church & State, Joseph Conn writes, "[Gary] North, for example, thinks stoning is the biblically preferred form of capital punishment.
North not merely "thinks" (a word that implies that he may be incorrect) that stoning is the biblically (at least, in Deuteronomy, Leviticus, etc.) preferred form of capital punishment.
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If oil is not used, the bits of stone and metal generated during the stoning process will clog or "load" the pores of the stone.
Hand stones, better than files
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