the host (in tailcoat, grey cravat, purple vest) is lapidated by his wife while he loudly cries: "Maggie—please save a cup fer coffee in the morning."
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Lapidate
//ˈlæpɪˌdeɪt//
Synonyms for "lapidate" (37 found)
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13 translations across 11 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- քարկոծել verb (stone to death)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пребивам с камъни verb (stone to death)
Catalan
1 entries- lapidar verb (stone to death)
Dutch
1 entries- stenigen verb (stone to death)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝtonmortigi verb (stone to death)
Finnish
2 entries- kivittää verb (stone to death)
- soimata verb (to hurl insults)
French
1 entries- lapider verb (stone to death)
Italian
1 entries- lapidare verb (stone to death)
Latin
1 entries- lapido verb (stone to death)
Polish
2 entries- kamienować verb (stone to death)
- ukamienować verb (stone to death)
Turkish
1 entries- taşlamak verb (stone to death)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
On August 27, 2002, a Nigerian court ordered the mother of a newborn child, Amina Lawal, to be publicly lapidated for adultery.
Source: wiktionary
The hour-long (and far too slow-paced) show: Malice in Wonderland, by lampooning, lapidating S. J. Perelman, veteran of movie-writing stints
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