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Auto-da-fe

Definition: Auto-da-fe

Auto-da-fe

Noun

1. The burning to death of heretics (as during the Spanish Inquisition).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms within Context: Auto-da-fe

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Punishment

Capital punishment; execution; lethal injection; the gas chamber; hanging;Verb: electrocution, rail-riding, scarpines; decapitation, decollation; garrotte, garrotto; crucifixion, impalement; firing squad; martyrdom; auto-da-fe; noyade; happy dispatch.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Auto-da-fe

English words defined with "auto-da-fe": Auto-de-fe, Autos-da-feSanbenito. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Auto-da-fe

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Auto-da-fe

Illustrations:
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Anagrams: Auto-da-fe

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-f-o-t-u"

-1 letter: fadeout.

-2 letters: autoed.

-3 letters: defat, fated, outed.

-4 letters: auto, daft, data, date, dato, daut, deaf, deft, doat, dote, duet, fade, fado, fate, feat, feod, feta, feud, odea, toad, toea, toed, tofu, tufa.

-5 letters: ado, aft, ate, doe, dot, due, duo, eat, eau, eft, eta, fad, fat, fed, fet, feu, foe, fou, fud, oaf, oat, ode.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-f-o-t-u"
 

+3 letters: autografted.

 

+4 letters: confabulated, fountainhead.

 

+5 letters: feudalization, fountainheads.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Auto-da-fe


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 75 74 6F 2D 64 61 2D 66 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110101 01110100 01101111 00101101 01100100 01100001 00101101 01100110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#117 &#116 &#111 &#45 &#100 &#97 &#45 &#102 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0075 0074 006F 002D 0064 0061 002D 0066 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35878681157067157271

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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