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electrocuted - 2 dictionary results

e⋅lec⋅tro⋅cute

  [i-lek-truh-kyoot]
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–verb (used with object), -cut⋅ed, -cut⋅ing.
1. to kill by electricity.
2. to execute (a criminal) by electricity, as in an electric chair.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; electro- + (exe)cute

Related forms:
e⋅lec⋅tro⋅cu⋅tion, noun
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e·lec·tro·cute   (ĭ-lěk'trə-kyōōt')   
tr.v.   e·lec·tro·cut·ed, e·lec·tro·cut·ing, e·lec·tro·cutes
  1. To kill with electricity: a worker who was electrocuted by a high-tension wire.
  2. To execute (a condemned prisoner) by means of electricity.

[electro- + (exe)cute.]
e·lec'tro·cu'tion (-kyōō'shən) n.
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