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Method of execution
Drowning as a method of execution is attested very early in history, for a large variety of cultures and as the method of execution for many types of
Execution_by_drowning
Executions in France during the Reign of Terror (1793–94)
The drownings at Nantes (French: noyades de Nantes; Breton: beuzioù e Naoned) were a series of mass executions by drowning during the Reign of Terror in
Drownings_at_Nantes
Execution method
infrequent compared to other forms of execution, such as drowning. In England, the use of boiling alive as a method of execution was rare. The ninth statute passed
Death_by_boiling
This is a list of methods of capital punishment, also known as execution. These well-known and notable methods of capital punishment are currently legal
List of methods of capital punishment
List_of_methods_of_capital_punishment
Small body of water used for execution
A drowning pit, drowning pool, murder-pool or murder hole (not to be confused with defensive murder holes) was a well or pond specifically for executing
Drowning_pit
Execution by multiple shooters on command
Execution by firing squad, historically called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the
Execution_by_firing_squad
Respiratory impairment caused by submersion in liquid
Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Submersion injury refers to both drowning and near-miss
Drowning
Method of execution
method of execution worldwide, used in about 70 countries, with execution by firing squad being one particular form. In most countries, execution by a firing
Execution_by_shooting
A botched execution is defined by political science professor Austin Sarat as: Botched executions occur when there is a breakdown in, or departure from
List_of_botched_executions
Punishment deemed overly severe
execution methods include the breaking wheel, hanging, drawing, and quartering, mazzatello, death by boiling, death by burning, execution by drowning
Cruel_and_unusual_punishment
Execution technique
Death by crushing or pressing is a method of execution that has a history during which the techniques used varied greatly from place to place, generally
Crushing_(execution)
Death by suspension around the neck
account of execution by hanging is in Homer's Odyssey. Hanging is also a common method of suicide. There are numerous methods of hanging in execution that induce
Hanging
Live entombment usually until death
When used as a means of execution, the prisoner is simply left to die from starvation or dehydration. This form of execution is distinct from being buried
Immurement
Execution method from Asia
Execution by elephant, or Gunga Rao, was a method of capital punishment in South and Southeast Asia, particularly in India, where Asian elephants were
Execution_by_elephant
Execution method
electric chair (also known as electrical- or execution chair) is a specialized device used for execution through electrocution. The condemned prisoner
Electric_chair
Execution of a convict who is actually innocent
Wrongful execution is a miscarriage of justice occurring when an innocent person is put to death by capital punishment. Opponents of capital punishment
Wrongful_execution
single gunshot to the heart. In the 1930s and 1950s, there were also executions by drowning. Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR came into force in this country on 25
Capital punishment in Azerbaijan
Capital_punishment_in_Azerbaijan
penalty is a legal punishment in Saudi Arabia. Most executions in the country are carried out by decapitation (beheading). Saudi Arabia is the only country
Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
Capital_punishment_in_Saudi_Arabia
Legal killing of a person as punishment
caput, "head") refers to execution by beheading, but executions are carried out by many methods. Crimes that are punishable by death are known as capital
Capital_punishment
Capital punishment carried out in public view
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Public execution. A public execution is a form of capital punishment which "members of the general public may voluntarily
Public_execution
Execution method
Americas, notably in the execution of the Inca emperor Atahualpa. It was intended as a more merciful form of execution than death by burning; heretics, who
Garrote
Khoi convict executed for sodomy in Cape Town
In 1735, when both men were in their mid-thirties, they were executed by drowning in Table Bay. The case of Klaas Blank was not isolated. Under Dutch Roman
Klaas_Blank
Apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading
GHEE-yə-teen) is an apparatus designed for effectively carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted
Guillotine
Form of execution involving injection of chemicals into the bloodstream
introduced as a more "humane" method of execution, lethal injection has been subject to criticism, being described by some as cruel and unusual. Opponents
Lethal_injection
1965 British film by Don Sharp
henchmen kidnap the professor's daughter, Maria. After watching the execution-by-drowning of one of Fu Manchu's female servants, Professor Muller reveals
The_Face_of_Fu_Manchu
Execution, murder, or suicide method
Death by burning, also called immolation, is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history
Death_by_burning
2001 film by Marc Forster
though he does not tell her that he participated in her husband's execution. They drown their grief with alcohol and have aggressive sex. Hank eventually
Monster's_Ball
Bridge in Frankfurt Altstadt, Sachsenhausen
convicts. The last execution by drowning occurred in 1613. After the Constitutio Criminalis Carolina of Emperor Charles V, drowning was listed as the designated
Alte_Brücke_(Frankfurt)
Category of female sexual activities
She was convicted and sentenced to death by drowning, a particularly shameful and degrading method of execution reserved for women, usually those convicted
Female_sodomy
Meal preceding one's execution
A condemned prisoner's last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution. In many countries, the prisoner may, within reason, select what the last meal
Last_meal
Torture device used for capital punishment
known as the execution wheel, the Wheel of Catherine or the (Saint) Catherine('s) Wheel, was a torture method used for public execution primarily in Europe
Breaking_wheel
Sealed room into which gas is pumped in, causing death by poisoning or asphyxiation
was first proposed by Allan McLane Hamilton to the state of Nevada. Since then, gas chambers have been used as a method of execution of condemned prisoners
Gas_chamber
French execution method
woman together and drowning them". This was reported to have been practised during the drownings at Nantes (noyades) that were ordered by local Jacobin
Republican_marriage
1793 public execution of former king of France
Ultimately, they condemned him to death by a simple majority of one vote. The execution by guillotine was performed by Charles-Henri Sanson, then High Executioner
Execution_of_Louis_XVI
eligible for execution: 0 Scheduled for execution: 0 Exhausted their appeals: 4 (as of March 31, 2025[update]) Immediately eligible for execution: 4 Scheduled
List of death row inmates in the United States who have exhausted their appeals
List_of_death_row_inmates_in_the_United_States_who_have_exhausted_their_appeals
2021 execution by the state of Oklahoma
suffocation or drowning. Lethal injection experts have likened the sensation to waterboarding, a form of torture, and described it as "drowning, asphyxia,
Execution_of_John_Grant
1793–1796 set of battles between the French revolutionaries and the royalists
uprising) Catholic and Royal Army Armée des Émigrés Drownings at Nantes (mass executions by drowning) Dechristianisation of France during the French Revolution
War_in_the_Vendée
Roman execution method
inhabitants will drown, whereas a leather sack could be made watertight and death would then be by suffocation—or death by a drawn-out drowning process rather
Poena_cullei
French politician (1752–1797)
the impeachment of Jean-Baptiste Carrier, the perpetrator of mass executions by drowning (noyades) of royalist sympathizers. He was subsequently elected
Louis_Legendre
1976 kidnapping and murder of a young girl in Cobb County, Georgia, U.S.
kidnapped by Virgil Delano Presnell Jr. (born December 29, 1953), who raped and sodomized the older victim. Presnell subsequently murdered Smith by drowning her
Murder_of_Lori_Smith
Execution method
Blowing from a gun is a method of execution in which the victim is typically tied to the mouth of a cannon which is then fired, resulting in death. George
Blowing_from_a_gun
French Revolutionary politician (1756–1794)
counter-revolution, he commanded the execution of 4,000 civilians, mainly priests, women and children in Nantes, some by drowning in the river Loire, which Carrier
Jean-Baptiste_Carrier
(ratified by all countries except the United States). This ended in 2020 by royal decree in Saudi Arabia. During 2025, executions increased by 78%, marking
Capital_punishment_by_country
Scottish Presbyterian executed 1685
young Scottish Covenanter from Wigtown in Scotland who was executed by drowning for refusing to abandon her support for the National Covenant. She died
Margaret Wilson (Scottish martyr)
Margaret_Wilson_(Scottish_martyr)
Method of execution
Flaying, also known as skinning, is a method of slow torture or execution in which skin is removed from the body. A dead animal may be flayed when preparing
Flaying
History of the death penalty in the UK
times until the second half of the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom were by hanging, and took place in 1964; capital punishment for
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Kingdom
Rizal and those executed by the Spanish as a reminder of colonial atrocities using the death penalty. After the 1946 execution of Imperial Japanese Army
Capital punishment in the Philippines
Capital_punishment_in_the_Philippines
executed between 1551 and 1830. The methods of execution included beheading, hanging, burning, and drowning. Danish laws were influential, particularly after
Capital_punishment_in_Iceland
Ancient Roman religious rituals
pre-Imperial rainmaking rite, or an annual re-enactment of the execution by drowning of 27 Greek war captives.[citation needed] Navigium Isidis Fowler
Argei
Ancient Roman military punishment killing a tenth of a unit
[page needed] Most of the men executed by Cadorna's harsh discipline were, however, by the form of the summary executions of individual stragglers. The first
Decimation_(punishment)
Event by which a person is forced away from home
outside that country. Voluntary exile is often depicted as a form of protest by the person who claims it, to avoid persecution and prosecution (such as tax
Exile
injection as the sole means of execution. The last execution by shooting was on 11 December 2002 and the first execution by lethal injection was on 12 December
Capital punishment in Thailand
Capital_punishment_in_Thailand
Torture and execution device
Sicilian bull, bellowing bull or bull of Phalaris, was a torture and execution device designed in ancient Greece. According to Diodorus Siculus, recounting
Brazen_bull
executed by firing squad at the Jamestown colony for spying on behalf of the Spanish government. Executions in colonial America were also carried out by hanging
Capital punishment in the United States
Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States
chroniclers reported harsh punishments for violators, including execution by drowning or immurement. These decrees were not isolated. Al-Hakim also implemented
Women_in_Egypt
Execution method
The upright jerker was an execution method and device intermittently used in the United States during the 19th and early 20th century. Intended to replace
Upright_jerker
against the King, and, since 2007, rape resulting in death. Executions are carried out by hanging. Capital punishment was mandatory for 11 crimes for
Capital punishment in Malaysia
Capital_punishment_in_Malaysia
Alleged Ancient Persian method of execution
as the boats, is reported by Plutarch in his Life of Artaxerxes, citing Ctesias, as an ancient Persian method of execution. He describes the victim being
Scaphism
practice, however, all executions in Taiwan since the early 2000s have been for murder. Before 2000, Taiwan had a relatively high execution rate, when strict
Capital_punishment_in_Taiwan
Archaic Chinese method of torture and execution
translated "slow slicing" or (incorrectly) "death by a thousand cuts", is a form of torture and execution that was used in China from c. 900 until it was
Lingchi
American murderer (1952–2020)
his airways up to his trachea, which would cause a near-drowning sensation during the execution. The autopsy results also showed that Purkey's lungs had
Wesley_Ira_Purkey
Torture method simulating drowning
This is not the case. You feel that you are drowning because you are drowning—or, rather, being drowned, albeit slowly and under controlled conditions
Waterboarding
Means by which a person dies by suicide
risk of dying by drowning. Of those who attempt suicide by drowning in the US, about half die. About 2% to 3% of suicides by drowning involve driving
Suicide_methods
Burying a living being
Carolina punishment of drowning) live burial as an alternate execution method for punishing mothers found guilty of infanticide. As noted by Elias Pufendorf
Premature_burial
Expression for proportional punishment
person who has injured another person is to be penalized to a similar degree by the injured party. In softer interpretations, it means the victim receives
Eye_for_an_eye
Act of cutting a living person with a saw
middle (transversely). This method is similar to the ancient Chinese execution method of waist chopping. In the cases of Morocco, it is stated that the
Death_by_sawing
Display of executed criminals from a gallows-type structure
a judge could impose in addition to execution. As a sentence for murder, this practice was codified in England by the Murder Act 1751. It was most often
Gibbeting
Insufficient oxygen in breathed air
January 2024). "Nitrogen gas execution: how it works and why it's controversial". The Guardian. "Alabama execution: Statement by UN High Commissioner for
Inert_gas_asphyxiation
from murder to drug trafficking. Executions are carried out by lethal injection or by shooting. A survey conducted by The New York Times in 2014 found
Capital_punishment_in_China
Archaic Chinese form of execution
waist, was a form of execution used in ancient China. As its name implies, it involved the condemned being sliced in two at the waist by an executioner. Waist
Waist_chop
Capital punishment in premodern East Asia
exterminations, nine kinship exterminations, or execution of nine relations, also known by the names zuzhu ('family execution') and miezu ('family extermination')
Nine_familial_exterminations
1979 murder and rape of a young girl in Florida, United States
underwater at the canal for ten minutes, and Kunash died as a result of the drowning. Sometime after, the body of Kunash was discovered inside the canal. Jennings
Murder_of_Rebecca_Kunash
2019 video game
Dry Drowning is a cyberpunk mystery visual novel developed by Studio V and published by VLG Publishing and WhisperGames for Microsoft Windows on August
Dry_Drowning
Roman execution method
where the condemned person was killed by wild animals, usually lions or other big cats. This form of execution, which first appeared during the Roman
Damnatio_ad_bestias
killed by Saudi authorities in 2017, which Saudi officials have denied. Verified executions occurred in 2019. Homosexuality in Saudi Arabia is proven by four
Capital punishment for homosexuality
Capital_punishment_for_homosexuality
Ancient Roman term
"hunts" was venatores. As a means of torturous capital punishment, death by wild beasts was a punishment for enemies of the state, a category which included
Bestiarius
Method of execution in Norse literature
The blood eagle was a method of ritual execution as detailed in late skaldic poetry. According to the two instances mentioned in the Christian sagas,
Blood_eagle
Emotional distress often felt by prisoners on death row
isolation and waiting for execution causes many inmates to die naturally. The suicide rate of death row inmates was found by Lester and Tartaro to be 113
Death_row_phenomenon
Person who executes a sentence of death
executed by the head of the guard (Turkish: bostancıbaşı). By the late 18th century, a custom had developed where grand viziers could avoid execution by racing
Executioner
row in South Korea. The method of execution is hanging. However, there has been an informal moratorium on executions since President Kim Dae-jung took
Capital punishment in South Korea
Capital_punishment_in_South_Korea
month. These were the first executions to occur since 2021. Executions are carried out by firing squad, the sole legal method. Until 2020, when a new
Capital punishment in the United Arab Emirates
Capital_punishment_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates
Executed American serial killer (1960–1997)
Fort Worth, which granted him a stay of execution in 1994, until all of his appeals were properly reviewed by the state. Eventually, all of his appeals
Ricky_Lee_Green
Executions and extrajudicial killings in the Gaza Strip
The 2025 Hamas executions were a wave of public executions and extrajudicial killings conducted by Hamas in the Gaza Strip between September and October
2025_Hamas_executions
Executed German female homosexual
Hetzeldorfer was executed by drowning in the Rhine River. There is no earlier record of executions for female homosexuality (while executions for male homosexual
Katherina_Hetzeldorfer
crimes, but in 1954, Israel abolished the penalty for murder. The only execution in the history of the State of Israel was carried out in 1962, when Holocaust
Capital_punishment_in_Israel
law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations
List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
List_of_most_recent_executions_by_jurisdiction
Czechoslovakia, until the punishment was abolished by amendment of the federal criminal code in 1990. The last execution was carried out in 1989. Capital punishment
Capital punishment in the Czech Republic
Capital_punishment_in_the_Czech_Republic
Medieval punishment for high treason
Convicted traitors were fastened by the feet to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn behind a horse to the place of execution, where they were then hanged
Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered
Soviet marshal of aviation
Astrakhan during the Russian Civil War, he was saved from drowning in a steamer sunk by a British gunboat by his friend, Sergei Khudyakov, who was later killed
Sergei_Khudyakov
Complete separation of the head from the body
execution; it may be performed with an ax, sword, or knife, or by mechanical means such as a guillotine. An executioner who carries out executions by
Decapitation
fatality Darwin Awards Death by coconut Death by vending machine Death during consensual sex Death from laughter Execution by elephant Spontaneous human
Lists_of_unusual_deaths
Byzantine empress from 1161 to 1180
to no avail. Andronikos had Alexios II sign the order for his mother's execution, and appointed his own son Manuel and the sebastos George to execute her
Maria_of_Antioch
Acts of terrorism conducted by a state
State terrorism is terrorism conducted by a state against its own citizens or another state's citizens. It contrasts with state-sponsored terrorism, in
State_terrorism
including treason, in 1989. The method of execution was always by hanging. At first, there were many possible execution sites all around the country, but later
Capital punishment in New Zealand
Capital_punishment_in_New_Zealand
Completely removing the limbs from a living or dead being
Particularly in South Asia, execution by trained elephants was a form of capital punishment practiced for several centuries. The techniques by which the convicted
Dismemberment
French executioner (1739–1806)
led his uncle to abandon the profession permanently. It was the last execution by quartering carried out in France. On January 10, 1765, he married Marie-Anne
Charles-Henri_Sanson
American convicted murderer (1883–1908)
changed his story – claiming he was not there when Brown drowned, then accidental drowning, then suicide. He also had a hard time explaining to the jury
Chester_Gillette
Person declared as outside the protection of the law
A secondary meaning of outlaw is a person systematically avoiding capture by evasion and violence. These meanings are related and overlapping but not necessarily
Outlaw
Method of execution/torture
allowed execution by other methods for this scenario. The main methods of crucifixion are: Exposure of the culprit's body after execution by another method
Crucifixion
offences punishable by death to three: murder, rape, and treason. In 1868, Parliament also stated that the location of the execution was to be within the
Capital_punishment_in_Canada
EXECUTION BY-DROWNING
EXECUTION BY-DROWNING
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
An Executor; Preceptor; Administrator (of a will)
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Measure for Measure' An executioner.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Modern, Sanskrit, Telugu
Loved by Buddha; Liked by Buddha
Girl/Female
Indian
By consciousness
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Blessed by God; Forgiven by God
Biblical
election; he that is chosen;he will choose;chooser; God does choose;
Girl/Female
Muslim
The earth, Desire, Labour, Exertion, Endeavour
Girl/Female
Hindu
The earth, Desire, Labour, Exertion, Endeavour
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
By Thinking
Girl/Female
Tamil
Chethasaa | சேதாஸா
By consciousness
Chethasaa | சேதாஸா
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hridhya | ஹà¯à®°à¯€à®¤à¯à®¯à®¾
By heart
Hridhya | ஹà¯à®°à¯€à®¤à¯à®¯à®¾
Male
Egyptian
, executioner deities.
Girl/Female
Tamil
The earth, Desire, Labour, Exertion, Endeavour
Boy/Male
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim
Election; Last Dream
Girl/Female
Indian
By heart
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun, Thai
An Executor; Preceptor; Administrator (of a will)
Boy/Male
British, English
Lives by the Path by the Brook
Boy/Male
Biblical
Election; he that is chosen.
Male
African
executioner.
Boy/Male
English
Lives by the path by the brook.
EXECUTION BY-DROWNING
EXECUTION BY-DROWNING
Boy/Male
Indian, Telugu
New Sun Rise
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Without Interest
Boy/Male
Tamil
Governor, Protector
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian
Deep Thinking; Meditation
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Gold
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Noble's Hill
Girl/Female
Biblical
The descendants of Dedan.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sikh, Sindhi, Telugu
King
Boy/Male
Hindu
An excellent warrior, King, Chief, Brave
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Worley.
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a.
The act of choosing a person to fill an office, or to membership in a society, as by ballot, uplifted hands, or viva voce; as, the election of a president or a mayor.
n.
The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc.
n.
A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process.
n.
An executioner.
n.
One who executes or performs; a doer; as, an executor of baseness.
v. t.
To take or seize on execution; to collect by execution.
n.
The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
n.
Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution.
n.
Death by suspension; execution by a halter.
a.
Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc.
n.
The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will.
n.
The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music.
a.
Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.
n.
See Exsection.
n.
A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer.
n.
An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.
n.
The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day.
n.
Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty.
adv.
Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.
n.
The act of exempting; the state of being exempt; freedom from any charge, burden, evil, etc., to which others are subject; immunity; privilege; as, exemption of certain articles from seizure; exemption from military service; exemption from anxiety, suffering, etc.