| VERB | social | execute, put to death | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment |
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| social | execute | murder in a planned fashion | |
| creation | execute, carry through, accomplish, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil | put in effect | |
| social | execute | carry out the legalities of | |
| social | execute, run | carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine | |
| creation | execute, perform, do | carry out or perform an action | |
| communication | execute | sign in the presence of witnesses |
| Sounds | eh'ksahkyuw.t | |
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| Rhymes | absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt... | |
| Meaning | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to execute the prisoners | |
| Example | "In some states, criminals are executed" | |
| Synonym | put to death | |
| Entailed by | administer | Perform (a church sacrament) ritually |
| Narrower | burn | Burn at the stake |
| crucify | kill by nailing onto a cross | |
| hang, string up | kill by hanging | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| punish, penalize, penalise | impose a penalty on | |
| Similar to | execute | murder in a planned fashion |
| Catalan | executar | |
| Spanish | ejecutar | |
| Nouns | execution, executing | putting a condemned person to death |
| Meaning | murder in a planned fashion. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed" | |
| Broader | murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove | kill intentionally and with premeditation |
| Similar to | execute, put to death | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment |
| Catalan | executar | |
| Spanish | ejecutar | |
| Nouns | execution | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
| Meaning | put in effect. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "execute the decision of the people" | |
| Synonyms | carry through, accomplish, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil | |
| Narrower | consummate | make perfect |
| consummate | fulfill sexually | |
| dispatch, discharge, complete | complete or carry out | |
| do, perform | Get (something) done | |
| get over | To bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end | |
| run | carry out | |
| Broader | complete, finish | Come or bring to a finish or an end / end |
| effect, effectuate, set up | produce | |
| Similar to | follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through | pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue |
| Catalan | completar | |
| Spanish | completar | |
| Adjectives | executive | having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. |
| Nouns | execution | the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order |
| Meaning | carry out the legalities of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "execute a will or a deed" | |
| Narrower | give | execute and deliver |
| Broader | enforce, implement, apply | ensure observance of laws and rules |
| Spanish | cumplir | |
| Adjectives | executive | having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. |
| Nouns | execution | (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable |
| executor | a person appointed by a testator to carry out the terms of the will | |
| Meaning | carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "the computer executed the instruction" | |
| Synonym | run | |
| Narrower | step | Cause (a computer) to execute a single command |
| Broader | enforce, implement, apply | ensure observance of laws and rules |
| Similar to | play, run | Cause to emit recorded audio or video |
| Adjectives | executive | having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. |
| Meaning | Sign in the presence of witnesses. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The President executed the treaty" | |
| Broader | sign | Be engaged by a written agreement |