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electrocution

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e·lec·tro·cute  (-lktr-kyt)
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·lectro·cution (-kyshn) n.
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Noun1.electrocutionelectrocution - execution by electricity            
burning
capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution - putting a condemned person to death
2.electrocution - killing by electric shock
kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life


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