hanging to death

death by suspension of a person (rarely an animal) by a noose or ligature around the neck
Thing cause_of_death Q175111
hanging to death
Alphonse de Neuville (1835–1885) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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hanging to death

Summary

hanging to death is a cause of death[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of cause_of_death entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,897 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • hanging to death's instance of is recorded as cause of death[3].
  • hanging to death is a type of human behavior[4].
  • hanging to death is used for suicide by hanging[5].
  • hanging to death is used for execution by hanging[6].
  • hanging to death's Commons category is recorded as Death by hanging[7].
  • hanging to death's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Death by hanging[8].
  • hanging to death's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • hanging to death's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10].
  • hanging to death's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • hanging to death's has effect is recorded as brain death[12].
  • hanging to death's has effect is recorded as asphyxia[13].
  • hanging to death's has effect is recorded as unconsciousness[14].
  • hanging to death's has effect is recorded as internal decapitation[15].
  • hanging to death's has characteristic is recorded as hanging[16].
  • hanging to death's different from is recorded as suicide by hanging[17].
  • hanging to death's different from is recorded as execution by hanging[18].
  • hanging to death's different from is recorded as hanging[19].
  • hanging to death's uses is recorded as gallows[20].
  • hanging to death's uses is recorded as loop[21].
  • hanging to death's uses is recorded as scaffold[22].
  • hanging to death's uses is recorded as hanging tree[23].
  • hanging to death's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'hanged by the neck until dead'}[24].

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Definition and Type

hanging to death's instance of is recorded as cause of death[3]. It is a type of human behavior[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include suicide by hanging[5] and execution by hanging[6].

Influence

Things named for hanging to death include Placerville[25], a city in the United States[26], in United States[27].

Why It Matters

hanging to death ranks in the top 3% of cause_of_death entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,897 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for it include Placerville[25], a city in the United States[26], in United States[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id 목맴
    Has effect brain death, asphyxia, unconsciousness +1
    Instance of cause of death
    Uses gallows, loop, scaffold +1
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548374005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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