hanging

hanging, n. The act of carrying out an execution by suspending the person above the ground by a rope around the person’s neck. • Death is caused by asphyxiation (by being hoisted from the ground) or by a sudden breaking of the cervical vertebrae (by being dropped from a height).

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译者妍妍，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与科技、媒体和电信（TMT）相关的法律文件。