verb Download 🔗Share To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck. inhuman war action society culture history Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A method of informal execution using a burning necklace (petrol filled tyre); in which a rubber tyre is filled with petrol, placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire. Examples : ""Necklacing was a brutal form of violence used during periods of unrest and conflict in South Africa." " inhuman war politics society action weapon fuel history event human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading