Sentence examples for by an executioner using from inspiring English sources

It is uncertain when the Halifax Gibbet was first introduced, but it may not have been until some time in the 16th century; before then decapitation would have been carried out by an executioner using an axe or a sword.

In a prison yard, an executioner is using a knife to remove the partially severed head of a slaughtered captive.

He said most executioners used a semiautomatic rifle and aimed at the "yuzheng" accupressure point on the back of the convict's head.

His head is to be chopped off by an executioner wielding a long, curved sword.

Apart from caspase 9, which is an initiator caspase, the most important role in the apoptosis pathway activation is played by caspase 3, an executioner caspase.

Following convention, Vietnamese executioners will use a three-drug protocol that induces unconsciousness, paralysis and then cardiac arrest.

Review by Chenise As a daughter of the Gods, Twylla is used in the King's court as an executioner to those who oppose the throne.

The second blow severed the neck, except for a small bit of sinew, which the executioner cut through using the axe.

Fas transduces apoptotic signals by activating an initiator caspase (e.g. caspase-8), which in turn activates an executioner caspase (e.g. caspase-3), followed by stimulation of a proteolytic cascade.

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based executioner caspase reporters using GFP are important tools for imaging apoptosis.

Likewise, activity of caspase-3, an executioner enzyme in the apoptosis pathway, was induced by anti-CD95.