Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
kill without legal sanction;
- Example: "The blood-thirsty mob lynched the alleged killer of the child"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lynch \Lynch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lynched; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lynching.] [See Note under Lynch law.]
To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the
forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected
person. See Lynch law.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lynch
v 1: kill without legal sanction; "The blood-thirsty mob lynched
the alleged killer of the child"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "lynch":
and quarter, annihilate, bereave of life, carry away, carry off,
chloroform, cut down, cut off, deprive of life, destroy, dispatch,
dispose of, do away with, do for, do to death, draw, end, execute,
exterminate, finish, finish off, gibbet, hang, immolate, kill,
launch into eternity, liquidate, make away with, martyr, martyrize,
neck, noose, poison, purge, put away, put down, put to death,
put to sleep, remove from life, sacrifice, scrag, slay, starve,
stretch, string up, take life, take off
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Lynch, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 269
Housing Units (2000): 177
Land area (2000): 0.564906 sq. miles (1.463100 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.564906 sq. miles (1.463100 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29750
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.829804 N, 98.465453 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68746
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lynch, NE
Lynch
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Lynch, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
Population (2000): 900
Housing Units (2000): 514
Land area (2000): 0.326903 sq. miles (0.846674 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.326903 sq. miles (0.846674 sq. km)
FIPS code: 48540
Located within: Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
Location: 36.965133 N, 82.916569 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 40855
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Lynch, KY
Lynch