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electrocute

verb

1 electrocute

Kill by electric shock.

Roget 361: kill, put to death, slay, shed blood; murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate; massacre; take away life, deprive of life; make away with, ... show more

2 electrocute

Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair:
— The serial killer was electrocuted.

synonym: fry.

Roget 972: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang].    visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; ... show more


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