execution method
method to carry out execution
lethal injection
form of execution involving injection of chemicals into the bloodstream
forced suicide
method of execution where the victim is coerced into killing themself
decapitation by guillotine
execution method
Four Executions of the Court
Four types of capital punishment that a jewish court (Beth Din) could have sentenced: burning, stoning, decapitation and strangulation.
electric chair
execution method
blowing from a gun
execution method in which the victim is typically tied to the mouth of a cannon which was then fired
strangling
compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death
waist chop
archaic Chinese method of execution
death flight in Argentina
use of the death flight in Argentina
stoning
execution method
death by sawing
death by the act of sawing or cutting
death by burning
execution method
dismemberment
capital punishment
breaking wheel
torture device used for capital punishment
death flight
execution method
crucifixion
method of deliberately slow and painful execution
electrocution
death or severe injury by electric shock passing through the body
execution by shooting
method of execution
crushing
execution technique
crushing
execution technique
peine forte et dure
former British torture method in which a defendant who refused to plead is subjected to having heavy stones placed upon their chest until a plea was entered or death resulted
impalement
piercing of human with a sharp object
Euthanasia Coaster
proposed roller coaster designed to kill its passengers
guillotine
apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading
gas chamber
sealed room into which gas is pumped in, causing death by poisoning or asphyxiation
slow slicing
torture and execution method used in Qing Empire, abolished in 1905
republican marriage
form of execution
execution by firing squad
method of execution by multiple shooters firing rifles simultaneously on command
garrote
wire loop used for strangulation
hanged, drawn, quartered and decapitated
execution method used to punish high treason in medieval and early modern England
death by boiling
method of execution in which a person is killed by being immersed in a boiling liquid
flaying
method of slow and painful execution in which skin is removed from the body
decapitation device
device used to perform decapitation
execution by molten metal
execution method
defenestration
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
blood eagle
method of execution
cement shoes
murder method stereotypically used by mobsters
decapitation
complete separation of the head from the body
crushing by elephant
execution method from Asia
extermination through labor
killing prisoners by means of forced labour
Walking the plank
Form of execution for pirates at sea
inert gas asphyxiation
form of asphyxiation which results from breathing a physiologically inert gas with no or low oxygen content
disembowelment
removal of some or all of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract
immurement
execution method
killing by arrow stings
execution method
execution by hanging
method of execution
gas chamber
facilities for mass murder with toxic gas during the National Socialist era