The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - execute v.

1) accomplish, do, carry out or off or through, perform, discharge, dispatch or despatch, bring about or off, implement, engineer, cause, Colloq pull off, put over, Slang US swing, cut, hack (out) : She executes her duties satisfactorily. 2) complete, finish, deliver; achieve, consummate, fulfil, effect, effectuate; sign, seal, validate, countersign: He executed the portrait in an hour. The contract was executed yesterday. 3) put to death, kill, put to the sword, butcher; liquidate, assassinate, murder, remove, slay, Slang bump off, rub or wipe out, snuff (out) , knock off, US waste, ice: Convicted murderers are no longer executed in this country. The mob executed the rival gangleaders.