electrocute
verb /ɪˈlektrəkjuːt/
/ɪˈlektrəkjuːt/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they electrocute | /ɪˈlektrəkjuːt/ /ɪˈlektrəkjuːt/ |
| he / she / it electrocutes | /ɪˈlektrəkjuːts/ /ɪˈlektrəkjuːts/ |
| past simple electrocuted | /ɪˈlektrəkjuːtɪd/ /ɪˈlektrəkjuːtɪd/ |
| past participle electrocuted | /ɪˈlektrəkjuːtɪd/ /ɪˈlektrəkjuːtɪd/ |
| -ing form electrocuting | /ɪˈlektrəkjuːtɪŋ/ /ɪˈlektrəkjuːtɪŋ/ |
- to injure or kill somebody by passing electricity through their body
- be electrocuted The boy was electrocuted when he wandered onto a railway track.
- He was electrocuted in Virginia in 2006 (= punished by being killed in the electric chair).
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from electro-, on the pattern of execute.