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/lɪnt͡ʃ/ · verb
(transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob..
Public anger erupted. Soldiers were lynched in the streets including young recruits proven to have been deceived by their generals about the true intentions of the attack.
I telephoned Bill Brandon in Oxford and begged him to get the new refrigeration unit into production before I got lynched.
Use lynch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lynch means (transitive) To execute (somebody) without a proper legal trial or procedure, especially by hanging and backed by a mob..
Common synonyms include string up.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Public anger erupted. Soldiers were lynched in the streets including young recruits proven to have been deceived by their generals about the true intentions of the attack.
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