Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lapidate

2 senses of lapidate

Sense 1
stone, lapidate -- (kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")

Sense 2
lapidate -- (throw stones at; "Pilgrims lapidate a stone pillar in commemoration of Abraham's temptation")
       => pelt, bombard -- (cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs")