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penggantungan

“penggantungan” is a Malay word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the act of hanging a person (or oneself) by the neck in order to kill that person (or to commit suicide).
  2. the way in which hangings (decorations) are arranged.
  3. the act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.
  4. the state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.
  5. the temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.
  6. the process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).
  7. gallows: wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging.
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