He fashioned a noose out of the bed sheets and hung himself in his cell.
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Noose
/nuːs/
Synonyms for "noose" (185 found)
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10 entriesforming a noosehangman's noosenoose around necknoose knotnoose loopnoose the animalrope loop nooseslip knot nooseslip noosetightening noose
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12 total sentences available.
They tied Pinocchio's hands behind his shoulders and slipped the noose around his neck.
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Ignorance smothers like a noose.
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They slowly tightened the noose around Layla's neck.
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