Necklacing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A method of informal execution using a burning necklace (petrol filled tyre); in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire. South-Africa

    "It is impossible to fully capture the impact of necklacings on South African communities during the mid-1980s. However, it is clear that necklacings united especially the black youth in their liberation struggle."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of necklace form-of, gerund, participle, present

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necklace

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"It is impossible to fully capture the impact of necklacings on South African communities during the mid-1980s. However, it is clear that necklacings united especially the black youth in their liberation struggle."

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