Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
- n. Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair.
- n. informal, deprecated A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. execution by electricity.
- n. killing by electric shock.
WordNet 3.0
- n. execution by electricity
- n. killing by electric shock
Etymologies
- electrocute + -ion (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Army electrocution death -- "Army accuses contractors of 'negligent homicide' for electrocution#" (1 / 22 / 09).”
“Mavromatti said his latest performance art -- what he calls his electrocution "experiment" -- will be live-streamed.”
The Huffington Post: NYCity News Service: Shocking Stunt on Tap for Artist Without a Country
“Does this mean that electrocution is not a constitutional means of execution?”
“Cutting off the dark artery of cable that ran up it would not, but this electrical storm could ground itself through me, a process called electrocution.”
“No one watching the electrocution was aware the elephant was already dying from poisoning when she was being led to her electrical death.”
“In 2004, the army even issued this warning bulletin, calling electrocution a killer, growing at an alarming rate.”
“In 20004 the Army even issued this warning bulletin calling electrocution a killer, growing at an alarming rate.”
“In 2004, the Army even issued this warning bulletin calling electrocution a killer, growing at an alarming rate.”
“In 2004, the Army even issued this warning bulletin, calling electrocution a killer growing at an alarming rate.”
“The attendance at the electrocution was a very small one.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘electrocution’.
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Here Fishy Fishy!
A broad list of words and phrases describing schemes and devices, from ancient to modern, that humans have devised to catch or harvest our underwater friends.
hook, line and si..., hook, line, sinker, pole, rod, bobber, artificial bait, natural bait, fly rod, spinner, plug and 76 more...
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portmanteaus
slithy, chortle, mimsy, galumph, maffluent, smog, motel, momentaneous, splisters, swifting, editated, splatter and 73 more...
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justin's Words
braii, boerewors, lekker, viva, pap, lipodystrophy, lacticacidosis, sharp, chakalaka, defaulter, eish, oof and 256 more...
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Death Becomes Her
The Grim Reaper is so creative.
Created in the midst of my previous list, Nightmares!. I had sick stuff on the brain.hanging, lethal injection, firing squad, electrocution, beheading, drowning, suffocation, starvation, crucifixion, thousand cuts, poisoning, disembowelment and 7 more...
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Suicides
teenage, ritual, copycat, forced, mass, cult, internet, assisted, murder-suicide, suicide by cop, suicide attack, attempted and 17 more...
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