Meanings
present singular third person lapidates · participle present lapidating · participle past lapidated · past lapidated
- transitivelawTo throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.
On August 27, 2002, a Nigerian court ordered the mother of a newborn child, Amina Lawal, to be publicly lapidated for adultery.
2003 August 17, Daily Times1 more example
the host (in tailcoat, grey cravat, purple vest) is lapidated by his wife while he loudly cries: "Maggie—please save a cup fer coffee in the morning."
1932 February 1, “Jiggs & Maggie”, in Time MagazineSynonyms: stone
- figurativelytransitiveTo hurl insults at.
The hour-long (and far too slow-paced) show: Malice in Wonderland, by lampooning, lapidating S. J. Perelman, veteran of movie-writing stints
1959 January 26, “Top of the Week”, in Time Magazine
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo throw stones or other objects at, as punishment, sometimes until death.
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Translations
Bulgarian пребивам с камъни
- пребивам с камъни (prebivam s kamăni)stone to death
Catalan lapidar
- lapidarstone to death
Dutch stenigen
- stenigenstone to death
Esperanto ŝtonmortigi
- ŝtonmortigistone to death
Finnish kivittää, soimata
- kivittäästone to death
- soimatato hurl insults
French lapider
- lapiderstone to death
Italian lapidare
- lapidarestone to death
Latin lapido
- lapidostone to death
Polish kamienować, ukamienować
- kamienowaćstone to death
- ukamienowaćstone to death
Turkish taşlamak
- taşlamakstone to death
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lapidate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lapidate
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