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lynch
1[ linch ]
verb (used with object)
- to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority:
In the 19th and 20th centuries, thousands of southern African Americans were lynched by white mobs.
- to criticize, condemn, etc., in public:
He’s been unfairly lynched in the media.
Lynch
2[ linch ]
noun
- John Jack, 1917–1999, Irish political leader: prime minister 1966–73, 1977–79.
Lynch
1/ ɪԳʃ /
noun
- LynchDavid1946MUSFILMS AND TV: director David. born 1946, US film director; his work includes the films Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Mulholland Drive (2001), and Inland Empire (2006), and the television series Twin Peaks (1990)
- LynchJohn19171999MIrishPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister John, known as Jack Lynch. 1917–99, Irish statesman; prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1966–73; 1977–79)
lynch
2/ ɪԳʃ /
verb
- tr (of a mob) to punish (a person) for some supposed offence by hanging without a trial
Derived Forms
- ˈԳ, noun
- ˈԳԲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- Գ· noun
- ·پ·Գ·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of lynch1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The National Memorial is the first institution of its kind dedicated to the legacy of the Black Americans who were the victims of the racial terror of lynching.
follows is a surreal adventure complete with harrowing eugenics experiments and lynchings, hair’s-breadth escapes and unlikely alliances.
This breathtakingly ambitious show tells the story of the 1913 trial of Leo Frank, a gross miscarriage of justice that culminated in his antisemitic lynching.
Journalist Yuval Abraham, who co-directed “No Other Land,” wrote Monday on X that “a group of settlers just lynched” his collaborator.
The lynching of Frank was a precipitating moment for the rise of the KKK in the early 20th century.
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