stoning, n.All

Stoning (n.) solves ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a ritual puzzle: everyone must strike the polluted victim, and no one may touch him — so all strike from a distance.

Stoning (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠one of the forms the founding murder takes by local geography: a cliff where there is a cliff, a lake where there is a lake, stones where there are stones, trees for hanging or crucifixion.