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- adjective After
execution (the government-sanctioned killing of a criminal). - adjective After
execution (the running of a computer program, etc.).
Etymologies
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post- + execution
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As in Europe, the bulk of the bodies delivered to U.S. anatomy labs during the 1800s were those of criminals and indigents; in the aftermath of heinous crimes, the judicial system considered postexecution dissection the “ultimate punishment.”
Body of Knowledge Steve Giegerich 2001
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