stoning

present participle of stone
as in sharpening
to make sharp or sharper the diorama showed a villager stoning a scythe

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“Stoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoning. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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