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/ˈnɛkləs/ · noun
(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached..
a necklace of coral islands
Necklacing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Seven people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's "necklace" murder of three men in the Tjokville informal settlement at Jeffrey's Bay.
Several of the alledged witches in Apel and GaNkaone were also subjected to a necklace execution
In the fluidly unfolding events of a necklace murder, was there time and space to stop the killing?
2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed
2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.
Frustrated residents tied the hands of two suspected criminals, put tyres around their necks and then set them alight. In a manifestation of growing disillusionment with the criminal justice system, residents of Bramfischerville, west of Johannesburg, on Tuesday abducted and necklaced two suspected burglars.
Use necklace when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Necklace means (jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
a necklace of coral islands
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