A method of [[execution]] or [[suicide]] utilizing a [[noose]] in which the subject is dangled by the neck until [[death|suffocation]], or is dropped so that the force of the noose going taut and stopping the fall breaks the subject's neck.

See [[suspension]] for the bondage posture, or [[hanging]] for non-bondage and non-lethal forms of suspension.

h1. See also
* [[gallows]]
* [[rope around neck]]
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