Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: lynched

Synonyms:

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Usage examples:

A former Armyman was shot dead in a village in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Wednesday and the two men who allegedly killed him were lynched by a mob while they were trying to escape, the police said.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/patna/ex-armyman-killed-2-assailants-lynched-in-bihars-rohtas-9028975/

Ben Platt plays Leo Frank, a Jewish man who was lynched in 1915.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/03/16/parade-broadway-review-flawed-musical-gets-heartfelt-revival/

In 2017, an angry mob lynched university student Mashal Khan who was found to be falsely accused of blasphemy.

Source: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mob-pakistan-storms-police-station-kills-man-accused-blasphemy-1712688

In Malawi and other parts of the region, accused women are raped, stoned to death, or lynched.

Source: https://www.opinionnigeria.com/obama-clooney-and-gates-should-include-witch-persecution-in-their-campaign-by-leo-igwe/

It charged that in the 85 years since the end of slavery, more than 10,000 African Americans were known to have been lynched (an average of more than 100 per year), and that the full number can never be known because the murders were often unreported.

Source: https://sfbayview.com/2023/02/how-an-international-tribunal-70-years-in-the-making-found-the-u-s-guilty-of-genocide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-an-international-tribunal-70-years-in-the-making-found-the-u-s-guilty-of-genocide

President Biden on Saturday announced a National monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi to honor Emmett Till, the black teen that was lynched in 1955.

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/07/23/biden-to-establish-a-national-monument-honoring-emmett-till/

Sabri Güreşçi quoted the gendarmes as saying: “There is a state of emergency, we will kill you… We will kill you and bury you under the rubble… We’re going to say the public lynched you.”

Source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/04/turkiye-police-and-gendarmerie-commit-abuses-in-earthquake-zone/

She was taken into custody after a mob gathered outside her house demanding she be lynched, police said.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-05-01/blasphemy-religion-law-pakistan-execution

Since late April, more than 350 have been lynched in such efforts, including a and people who have no gang affiliation.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/19/united-nations-statistics-underscore-extreme-brutality-of-haitis-gangs

“Till” is a true story about a mother’s pursuit of justice for her son who was lynched.

Source: https://pagosadailypost.com/2023/02/23/library-news-planned-radon-class-rescheduled-for-march-16/

“We need to not just see the stories of us hanging from a tree being lynched or in the streets paved with blood.

Source: https://seattlespectator.com/2023/01/25/reshaping-the-narrative/

William Page was only 25 years of age when he was lynched in August 1917 in Lilian, Virginia.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/04/05/maine-voices-fifty-five-years-after-martin-luther-kings-assassination-his-teachings-still-ring-true/