electrocution
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- noun
- /ɪˌlɛktrəˈkjuːʃən/
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electrocución
- Georgie Cash, for the murder of Ellen Washington, you are hereby sentenced to death by electrocution.
- death by electrocution
- electrocution or lethal injection
Some states have also said they'll fall back on electrocution if need be.
- Some states have also said they'll fall back on electrocution if need be.
- Let's get the electrocution chair out and get over and done with yours.
Examples
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"In keeping with the law and verdict of the jury, "the defendant is hereby sentenced to death "by electrocution.
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Some states have also said they'll fall back on electrocution if need be.
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Only on the eve of his electrocution did he give the name of the boss, who by then had disappeared with the ransom money.
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Chicago's first electrocution in 27 years is scheduled for July 15th at midnight.
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- James Fenimore Harper, you have been convicted of the murder of Mary Lane and sentenced to death by electrocution.
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Walter McMillian shall be returned to Holman Correctional Facility where he is to face death by electrocution.
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You, Herbert Lee Richardson, shall be put to death by electrocution in the State of Alabama as ordered and decreed by Judge Jerry M. White, for the murder of Rena Mae Collins on August the 16th, 1977.
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He was executed by electrocution, by three jolts at 1,700 volts each, on October 29, 1901, in Auburn Prison in Auburn, New York.
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In some states, electrocution is still used as a method of execution for those sentenced to death.
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The prison warden explained the procedure for electrocution before the scheduled execution date.
Synonyms
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Putting a person to death as punishment for a crime
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
electrocution = electrocute (transparent) = electrocute + ion
Nominalization of 'electrocute' describing the act or result; the shift to a legal/execution context does not change the core compositional meaning.
Etymology
Electrocution is a mix of electric ('power from electricity') and execution ('legal killing'). It was used for the practice of putting a prisoner to death by electric current, so electrocution means carrying out a death sentence with electricity.