Noun: executing 'ek-su,kyoo-ting- Putting a condemned person to death
- execution, capital punishment, death penalty Verb: execute 'ek-su,kyoot- 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" - 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 the legalities of
"execute a will or a deed" - Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
"the computer executed the instruction"; - run - Carry out an action
"the skater executed a triple pirouette"; - perform, do - Sign in the presence of witnesses
"The President executed the treaty"
Type of: apply, bump off [informal], complete, corporal punishment, croak, dispatch, effect, effectuate, enforce, finish, hit, implement, kill, murder, off [N. Amer, informal], penalise [Brit], penalize, polish off [informal], punish, remove, sanction, set up, sign, slay [literary] Encyclopedia: Executing Execute |