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Verb: lapidate  'la-pi`deyt
  1. Kill by throwing stones at
    "People wanted to lapidate the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
    - stone
     
  2. Throw stones at
    "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation"

Derived forms: lapidated, lapidates, lapidating

See also: lapidation, lapidator

Type of: bombard, kill, pelt

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