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ELECTROCUTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrocution mean? 

ELECTROCUTION (noun)
  The noun ELECTROCUTION has 2 senses:

1. execution by electricityplay

2. killing by electric shockplay

  Familiarity information: ELECTROCUTION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ELECTROCUTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Execution by electricity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

burning; electrocution

Hypernyms ("electrocution" is a kind of...):

capital punishment; death penalty; executing; execution (putting a condemned person to death)

Derivation:

electrocute (kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Killing by electric shock

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("electrocution" is a kind of...):

kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)

Derivation:

electrocute (kill by electric shock)


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