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Electrocution logo #10101) Burning 2) Capital punishment 3) Death penalty 4) Executing 5) Execution 6) Execution by electricity 7) Killing by electric shock
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  1. execution by electricity
  2. killing by electric shock

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Electrocution logo #21000 Electrocution is death caused by electric shock, either accidental or deliberate. The word is derived from `electro` and `execution`, but it is also used for accidental death. The term `electrocution,` coined about the time of the first use of the electric chair in 1890, originally referred only to electrical execution (from which it is a po...
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electrocution logo #21003method of execution in which the condemned person is subjected to a heavy charge of electric current.
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electrocution logo #21142fatal electric shock
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electrocution logo #21142a fatal electric shock
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electrocution logo #20973Death caused by electricity. ... See: electrocute. ... Synonym: electrothanasia. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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electrocution logo #21001(e-lek″tro-ku´shәn) the taking of life by passage of electric current through the body.
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electrocution logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: ē-lek′trō-kyū′shŭn Definitions: 1. Death caused by electricity. Synonyms: electrothanasia See: electrocute
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electrocution logo #20400[n] - execution by electricity 2. [n] - killing by electric shock
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electrocution logo #23922Injury or death from electricity
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electrocution logo #20974 noun killing by electric shock
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electrocution logo #21221Death caused by electric current. It is used as a method of execution in some US states. The condemned person is strapped into a special chair and a shock of 1,800–2,000 volts is administered. See capital punishment
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electrocution logo #23665 execution by electricity
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