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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of electricuting. Also electrocution.

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Examples

  • Chaining, pummeling, beating to death, use of dogs, electricution simulations, batons in the rectums of detainees.

    Think Progress » Rep. Shays: Abu Ghraib was a ’sex ring.’ 2006

  • Why risk electricution for a Sporting News featuring Boris Becker?

    ChicagoNow 2010

  • Risk of electricution, battiery risk for overheating and exploding, limited range, expensive materials, increased pedestrian risk, plug standardization, ect .....

    Autoblog 2009

  • Risk of electricution, battiery risk for overheating and exploding, limited range, expensive materials, increased pedestrian risk, plug standardization, ect .....

    Autoblog 2009

  • Lead singer Andrew James Hamilton wryly told fans that he was hoping to avoid electricution and performed the entire set with a cloth cover draped over his microphone.

    Denver Post: All Blogs 2009

  • According to the BBC, the invention complies with slaughter regulations for animals such as cows and sheep, and that it's only a fraction of a second of electricution before they're knocked unconscious.

    TreeHugger 2009

  • The Death penalty Ha Ha got what you deserve electricution!

    Lowell Sun Forum 2009

  • According to the BBC, the invention complies with slaughter regulations for animals such as cows and sheep, and that it's only a fraction of a second of electricution before they're knocked unconscious.

    TreeHugger 2009

  • What a shame there’s no chance of accidental electricution!

    Anarchy In The Uk « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007

  • I was terrified to let my sons mow the lawn when they were younger, but I didn’t want them sitting on their asses while I was working, so I had one raking and the other following me around with the wire over my head — I have a horror of electricution too.

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 2, 2006 2006

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