লক্ষ্য করুন: এই এন্ট্রির অনুবাদ বর্তমানে মান পর্যালোচনার অধীনে রয়েছে, তাই কিছু বিষয়বস্তু সাময়িকভাবে শুধুমাত্র ইংরেজিতে প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে।
এই এন্ট্রিটি এখনও আপনার ভাষায় অনুবাদ করা হয়নি, তাই নিচে মূল লেখাটি দেখানো হচ্ছে।
stoning
This term describes a specific form of capital punishment or public torture characterized by the collective throwing of stones. It carries a heavy connotation of communal judgment, brutality, and archaic legalism, often associated with ancient religious laws or tribal justice.
In modern usage, the word is almost exclusively used in historical, anthropological, or news contexts regarding human rights violations. It is rarely used metaphorically, though in very specific slang contexts, it may refer to a state of extreme intoxication, though this is far less common than the primary definition of execution.
Meanings
Examples
The ancient law prescribed stoning for those who committed adultery.
He feared the mob would resort to stoning if the guards left the prisoner.
Stoning was once used as a form of capital punishment in several cultures.
The village elders decided that stoning was the only way to purge the heresy.
I cannot believe people actually practiced stoning in the past.
The victim of the stoning barely survived the attack.
They gathered in the square to witness the public stoning.
The ritual of stoning served as a warning to all other citizens.
Collocations & Compounds
death by stoning
Noun collocation: the state of dying as a result of being pelted with stones
sentence of stoning
Noun collocation: a legal judgment that mandates punishment by stones