Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To kill with electricity.
- transitive verb To execute (a person sentenced to death) by means of electricity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See electricute, electricution.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To execute or put to death by electricity.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock.
- verb informal To inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb kill by electric shock
- verb kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The object was to deter evildoers by surrounding the penalty with scientific horror, [Footnote: Hence also the new lingual atrocity, the word "electrocute," derived from "execute" by decapitation and the addition of "electro"] and the idea had its origin in the accidents which formerly occurred much more frequently than now.
Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele
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Inquisitors have some powerful attacks at their command, such as electrocute, which unleashes a devastating lightning storm.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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Inquisitors have some powerful attacks at their command, such as electrocute, which unleashes a devastating lightning storm.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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Inquisitors have some powerful attacks at their command, such as electrocute, which unleashes a devastating lightning storm.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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Hmmmm…. but I could stumble down the stairs, hit my head or trip on the couch leg. Oh no, I could electrocute myself, drown in the bathtub, die from fear of going out, talk on the phone during a lightening storm…
Stunned Gloria Mindock 2011
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Can I be Learn To Be Your Own V.A. Johnny and chronicle my adventures here, on this blog, in between stories about how my college roommates used to electrocute pickles?
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Also we will fly the inventor from the UK to demonstrate how best to electrocute lobsters!
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As many as several dozen people per day intentionally try to electrocute themselves along the rails, according to local media reports, because they believe it can cure all kinds of diseases, from diabetes to high-blood pressure to insomnia.
On Indonesia's Railways, a Dangerous Form of Shock Therapy Yayu Yuniar 2011
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Remember those ultra-compact USB adapters Apple recalled because they could electrocute people?
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Remember those ultra-compact USB adapters Apple recalled because they could electrocute people?
Apple's Uses Ultra-Large Boxes To Replace Ultra-Compact USB Power Chargers - The Consumerist 2009
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