8
electrocution(hit, killing, slaying, choking, strangling)
7
death penalty(noun, expression, execution)
6
execution(noun, hit, slaughter, murder, killing)
4
chair
3
guillotine
2
beheading(hit, killing, slaying, choking, strangling)
2
martyrdom
1
decapitation(hit, killing, slaying, choking, strangling)
1
burning
1
contract killing(expression, hit, killing, slaying, choking)
1
death sentence(noun, expression, hit, killing, penalty)
1
defenestration
1
executing
1
gassing(hit, killing, slaying, choking, strangling)
1
hanging(noun, hit, killing, slaying, choking)
1
lethal injection(expression, hit, killing, slaying, choking)
1
necktie party(expression, hit, killing, slaying, choking)
1
shooting(hit, killing, slaying, choking, strangling)
1
strangling(hit, killing, slaying, choking, throttling)
1
strangulation(hit, killing, slaying, choking, strangling)
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