Verb: execute 'ek-su,kyoot
- Carry out an action
"the skater executed a triple pirouette";
- perform, do
- Cause to happen; complete successfully
"execute the decision of the people";
- carry through, accomplish, carry out, action, fulfill [N. Amer], fulfil [Brit, Cdn]
- Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
"the computer executed the instruction";
- run
- Carry out the legalities of
"execute a will or a deed"
- Sign in the presence of witnesses
"The President executed the treaty"
- Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
"In some states, criminals are executed";
- put to death
- Murder in a planned fashion
"The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
Derived forms: executing, executes, executed
Type of: act, apply, bump off [informal], complete, croak [informal], despatch [Brit], dispatch, effect, effectuate, enforce, finish, implement, kill, move, murder, off [N. Amer, informal], penalise [Brit], penalize, polish off [informal], punish, sanction, set up, sign, slay [literary]
Encyclopedia: Execute