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  2. Hanging - Wikipedia

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    In Canada, hanging is the most common method of suicide, [21] and in the U.S., hanging is the second most common method, after self-inflicted gunshot wounds. [22] In the United Kingdom, where firearms are less easily available, in 2001 hanging was the most common method among men and the second most commonplace among women (after poisoning).

  3. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    In suicidal hanging. [16] Also 'kick off' . [1] Kick the calendar To die Slang, informal Polish saying. 'Calendar' implies somebody's time of death (kicking at particular moment of time) Killed In Action (KIA) Death of military personnel due to enemy action Military language, official and informal use King of Terrors [2] Personification of death

  4. Opposite - Wikipedia

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    The term antonym (and the related antonymy) is commonly taken to be synonymous with opposite, but antonym also has other more restricted meanings. Graded (or gradable) antonyms are word pairs whose meanings are opposite and which lie on a continuous spectrum (hot, cold).

  5. Contronym - Wikipedia

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    The dictionary definition of contranym at Wiktionary; The dictionary definition of Appendix:English contranyms at Wiktionary; Contronyms by language in Wiktionary; Autoantonyms page on fun-with-words.com; List of English examples at LingerAndLook.com

  6. Hang - Wikipedia

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    Meat hanging, a form of beef aging; Hang (computing), a computer malfunction "Hang in there", or "Hang in there, Baby", a popular catchphrase and motivational poster; Hang On (disambiguation), multiple meanings; Hanging topic, a linguistics concept in the information structure of a sentence

  7. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    Auto-antonym: A word that is encoded with opposing meanings. Absurdity; Excusable negligence: If a behavior is excusable, it is not negligence. Gödel's incompleteness theorems: and Tarski's undefinability theorem; Ignore all rules: To obey this rule, it is necessary to ignore it. Impossible object: A type of optical illusion.

  8. Jonathan Jackson is taking a brief hiatus from General Hospital. On Monday, Feb. 17, PEOPLE confirmed that the actor — who plays Lucky Spencer — will be missing from a few episodes of the long ...

  9. The Free Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The Free Library has a separate homepage. It is a free reference website that offers full-text versions of classic literary works by hundreds of authors. It is also a news aggregator, offering articles from a large collection of periodicals containing over four million articles dating back to 1984. Newly published articles are added to the site ...