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stone

2 verb
     
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stone2 [transitive]
1 to throw stones at someone or something:
Rioters blocked roads and stoned vehicles.
2

stone somebody to death

to kill someone by throwing stones at them, used as a punishment
3 British EnglishDFC to take the stone out of fruit [= pit American English]
stoned dates
4

stone the crows!

also stone me! British English old-fashioned used to express surprise or shock
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