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to electrocute

to electrocute

53 6.5
To kill or seriously hurt someone by passing electricity through their body
  • verb
  • /ɪˈlɛktrəˌkjut/
  • NSFW
translation icon : electrocutar
  • Sometimes I think we're all gonna get electrocuted.
  • get electrocuted
  • man was electrocuted
  • electrocuted and died

I, I hadn't been electrocuted in a long time.

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Examples

  • Everything up to the part when he got electrocuted was all in the movie.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • It's like it's not going to electrocute me, but that, that is really, really sweet.

  • Hey, asshole, you jump off that block, you electrocute him.

  • If you think I'm gonna let you electrocute me with that thing, so that you can ...

    Fiction book (1994)
  • 120 men and 4 women were electrocuted in that chair before it was retired.

  • I'm really sorry you got electrocuted, Lisa.

  • Yeah, I once got electrocuted so now sockets kind of terrify me.

  • A woman on 105th Avenue and 134th Street in Queens was electrocuted in her home.

    Blog text (33)
  • Johnny's being electrocuted.

  • The electrician was electrocuted when he accidentally touched a live wire.

Synonyms

to zap
vsto electrocute
  • NSFW
17 6.0

To hit and destroy a person or thing suddenly, often using electricity

uses electricity through a body to cause serious injury or death

How Strong

to electrocute
  • NSFW
53 6.5
to tase
  • NSFW
17 8.8
to shock
26 3.4
to zap
  • NSFW
17 6.0

Surface Forms

electrocute infinitive
electrocuted past participle
electrocuting present participle
electrocutes third person singular

Etymology

Electrocute comes from mixing electro- ('electricity') and execute ('to kill'), so it literally means to kill someone by passing electricity through their body.