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Showing words for LYNCHING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Lynching

lynching

6 Letter Words for Lynching

chinny, cinnyl, clingy, clying, glycin, nighly

5 Letter Words for Lynching

ching, cling, ginny, gynic, hinny, hying, hylic, ighly, linch, lingy, linny, lying, lynch, nying

4 Letter Words for Lynching

chil, chin, clin, ginn, glyc, glyn, hing, hyli, inch, incl, inly, lich, ling, linn, liny, lych, lynn, nigh, yigh

3 Letter Words for Lynching

chg, chi, chn, cig, cli, cly, cyl, gin, gyn, hcl, hic, hin, hny, ich, icy, ign, inc, ing, inn, lig, lin, lyc, lyn, nig, nil, yin

Definitions for Lynching

[1] to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
[2] (tr) (of a mob) to punish (a person) for some supposed offence by hanging without a trial
[3] David. born 1946, US film director; his work includes the films Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Mulholland Drive (2001), and Inland Empire (2006), and the television series Twin Peaks (1990)
[4] John, known as Jack Lynch. 1917–99, Irish statesman; prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1966–73; 1977–79)

Words related to Lynching

lynchexecution

Words nearby Lynching

lynchlymphotoxin, lymphotrophic, lynagh, lynbrook, lyncean, lynch, lynch law, lynchburg, lynchet, lynchpin, lynd

Origin of Lynching

1825–35, Americanism ; v. use of lynch in lynch law

Words that may be confused with Lynching

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, lynchhang, lynch, (see, synonym, study, at, hang)

Other words from Lynching

lynch·er , noun
an·ti·lynch·ing , adjective

Word origin for Lynching

probably after Charles Lynch (1736–96), Virginia justice of the peace, who presided over extralegal trials of Tories during the American War of Independence

Synonyms for Lynching

execution, capital punishment, mob justice, stringing up, the gallows, vigilante justice