hanged
pronunciation
How to pronounce hanged in British English:
UK [hæŋd]
How to pronounce hanged in American English:
US [hæŋd]
Word Origin
- hanged (adj.)
- "put to death by hanging," late 15c., past participle of hang (v.). As an expletive, from 1887.
Example
- 1. He was hanged at landsberg prison on june 8 , 1951 .
- 2. On the libyan street there is a palpable desire to see the two men hanged .
- 3. Candide is flogged and his tutor hanged , though he survives the ordeal .
- 4. Both sides shot and hanged prisoners without mercy , and on at least two occasions patriots enforced the gruesome punishment of hanging , drawing and quartering .
- 5. After india 's president , pranab mukherjee , rejected his clemency plea , mr kasab became the first person hanged in india since 2004 .