electrocution

e·lec·tro·cute

E0074600 (ĭ-lĕk′trə-kyo͞ot′)tr.v. e·lec·tro·cut·ed, e·lec·tro·cut·ing, e·lec·tro·cutes 1. To kill with electricity: a worker who was electrocuted by a high-tension wire.2. To execute (a person sentenced to death) by means of electricity.

[electro- + (exe)cute.]

e·lec′tro·cu′tion (-kyo͞o′shən) n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	electrocution - execution by electricity burningcapital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
	2.	electrocution - killing by electric shockkill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life

Translations

electrocution

e·lec·tro·cu·tion

(ē-lek'trō-kyū'shŭn), Death caused by electricity. See: electrocute. Synonym(s): electrothanasia

electrocution

Emergency
The extinction of life (death) due to an excess of electrical current.

Forensics
The intentional execution of a person by a state (in the US, which is the only country that continues to use this particular method of execution) for a capital crime.

electrocution

Death from the passage of an electric current. Judicial electrocution employs a current of several amperes passing between the head and one leg by means of a high voltage and moistened electrodes to give low contact resistance.

electrocution

noun

Synonyms for electrocution

noun execution by electricity

Synonyms

burning

Related Words

capital punishment
death penalty
executing
execution

noun killing by electric shock

Related Words

kill
putting to death
killing

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