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- The underlined word can be replaced by - Hanging.

• Lynching (noun)
- English Meaning: The act of killing someone without a legal trial, usually by hanging.
- Bangla Meaning: বিনাবিচারে প্রাণে মারা; (ফাঁসিতে ঝুলিয়ে)।

• Hanging (noun)
- English Meaning: The practice of killing someone by dropping them down suddenly with a rope tied around the neck.
- Bangla Meaning: ঝোলানো; ফাঁসিতে মৃত্যু।

• Other options:
ক) Flinching (present participle of flinch) - Making a quick, nervous movement as an instinctive reaction to fear, pain, or surprise.
- অর্থাৎ, পিছিয়ে যাওয়া; সংকুচিত/ কুণ্ঠিত/পরাঙ্মুখ/বিকম্পিত হওয়া।

খ) Due process - যথাযথ প্রক্রিয়া (বিশেষ করে আইনের ক্ষেত্রে)

ঘ) Gathering - জনসমাবেশ; সভা।

• সুতরাং, অপশন বিবেচনা করে দেখা যায় যে, সঠিক উত্তর হলো- গ) Hanging

Source:
1. Accessible Dictionary by Bangla Academy.
2. Cambridge Dictionary.