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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
hang .
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Examples
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Officers were called to the unnamed hotel at 3pm this afternoon, and a Metropolitan Police spokesman has confirmed that a body, positively identified as that of the British National Party Leader, was found hanged from a shower attachment.
Archive 2009-06-01 Dungeekin 2009
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Officers were called to the unnamed hotel at 3pm this afternoon, and a Metropolitan Police spokesman has confirmed that a body, positively identified as that of the British National Party Leader, was found hanged from a shower attachment.
BNP Leader Griffin Found Dead Dungeekin 2009
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Bullies should be hanged from the school flagpole.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Crime to Repeatedly Insult a Minor 2010
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Those collage adminasreators who hired BILL AYERS shoulad all be hanged from a tree viagra Says:
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Taken to Tepeji del Rio, Hidalgo, he was shot and his lifeless body was hanged from the branch of a tree.
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Taken to Tepeji del Rio, Hidalgo, he was shot and his lifeless body was hanged from the branch of a tree.
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Just console yourself with the thought that one day this woman will either be forced to convert to Islam, submit to a clitorectomy and wear a burqa, or she will be slowly strangled by being hanged from a crane jib.
Another Girl, Another Planet « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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I think she should be hanged from the neck until dead, after trial.
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A teenager in small town Alabama shouldn't have to deny that he listens to a band for fear that he'll be hanged from a flag pole by his underwear, or worse.
My Life in Song 2005
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His initial pitch had been that the stories only needed to be inspired by the piece of art – mine was an upside down Harlequin, hanged from the bottom of a Ferris wheel seat.
Relatively Speaking... deep_bluze 2005
evin290 commented on the word hanged
It's a big pet peeve of mine when people refer to execution by hanging in the past tense by saying "hung".
September 12, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hanged
It's funny, a pet peeve of mine is that the *correct* word sounds so wrong.
September 12, 2007
evin290 commented on the word hanged
Well, "he was hung" means something very different from "he was hanged". The latter implies gallows were involved. The first means he was well-endowed. :P
September 14, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hanged
Such an excellent example. ;->
September 14, 2007
evin290 commented on the word hanged
Thanks! ;-)
September 14, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hanged
I can imagine the need for distinction wasn't realized until someone tried to congratulate an executioner on his work -- "Well hung, Charles, let's celebrate with a pint."
September 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hanged
Stop! I'm spitting water all over my monitor!
September 15, 2007