stonings
Deaths by rocks
Stonings is the plural of stoning—executions or punishments carried out by throwing stones at a person until death or serious injury.
The practice appears in ancient legal codes and religious texts, prescribed for offenses like adultery or blasphemy.
Stonings still occur in some countries under religious law: Human rights groups documented several stonings in the region last year.
Striking repeatedly with projectiles
- capital punishmentExecution by legal authority
- death sentenceJudicial order of execution
- public executionWitnessed state killing
- executionerOne who kills condemned
condemnation · martyrdom · biblical · mob justice · ritualistic · fatality · scaffold · condemned
Muslim canonical jurisprudence
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
Mosaic law · Deuteronomy · Leviticus · biblical · sin · transgression · purity · moral code
Harmful physical force
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
- barbarismSavage, uncivilized behavior
- inhumanityExtreme cruelty toward others
bloodshed · mob · lynching · torture · atrocity · persecution · victimization · suffering
Stacked memorial mounds
- megalithsLarge prehistoric stones
- burial moundsEarthen heaps over graves
- tumuliAncient burial mounds
- barrowsGrave mounds or handcarts
menhirs · dolmens · Neolithic · ancient sites · artifacts · relics · petroglyphs · excavation
pelting
Striking repeatedly with projectiles
- capital punishmentExecution by legal authority
- death sentenceJudicial order of execution
- public executionWitnessed state killing
executioner · condemnation · martyrdom · biblical · mob justice · ritualistic · fatality · scaffold · condemned · sentence
sharia
Muslim canonical jurisprudence
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- blasphemyIrreverence toward the sacred
- apostasyRenunciation of former beliefs
heresy · Mosaic law · Deuteronomy · Leviticus · biblical · sin · transgression · purity · moral code · religious law
violence
Harmful physical force
- crueltyDeliberate harm-causing disposition
- savageryExtreme, violent cruelty
- barbarismSavage, uncivilized behavior
inhumanity · bloodshed · mob · lynching · torture · atrocity · persecution · victimization · suffering · agony
cairns
Stacked memorial mounds
- megalithsLarge prehistoric stones
- burial moundsEarthen heaps over graves
- tumuliAncient burial mounds
barrows · menhirs · dolmens · Neolithic · ancient sites · artifacts · relics · petroglyphs · excavation · flintknapping
- martyrdommartyrs, martyr, Christian martyrs, Catholic martyrs, Stephen
stoningshangings
Suspended wall coverings
lethal injection · lethal injections · electrocution · electrocutions · firing squad
stoningspardons
Official forgiveness of crimes
forgiveness · clemency · amnesty · absolution · acquittals
stoningscoronations
Sovereign installation rites
celebrations · ovations · acclamations · hero's welcome · ticker-tape parades