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Noun stoning has 1 sense
- stoning, lapidation - pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)
--1 is a kind of corporal punishment
Verb stone has 2 senses
- stone, lapidate - kill by throwing stones at; "Adulterers should be stoned according to the Koran"
--1 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
They want to stone the prisoners
- pit, stone - remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries"
--2 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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