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lapidate (LAP uh dayt", LAP i dayt") (verb), lapidates; lapidated; lapidating
1. To hit or to attack someone by throwing rocks at him or her: To lapidate anyone means that he or she is being stoned to death or seriously injured.
2. Etymology: from Latin lapidatus, which is from lapidare, "to stone".
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