Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - electrocute
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Electrocute
electrocute
transitive verb (-cuted; -cuting) Etymology: electr- + -cute (as in execute) Date: 1889 1. to execute (a criminal) by electricity 2. to kill by electric shock • electrocution noun
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v.tr. 1 kill by electricity (as a form of capital punishment). 2 cause death of by electric shock. Derivatives electrocution n. Etymology: ELECTRO-, after EXECUTE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) убивать электрическим током 2) оглушать (животных перед убоем) электрическим током ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. казнить на электрическом стуле 2. убивать электрическим током he was electrocuted by accident —- он был случайно убит электрическим током lightning electrocuted them —- их убило молнией ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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5.
(electrocutes, electrocuting, electrocuted) 1. If someone is electrocuted, they are accidentally killed or badly injured when they touch something connected to a source of electricity. Three people were electrocuted by falling power-lines... He accidentally electrocuted himself. VERB: be V-ed, V pron-refl 2. If a criminal is electrocuted, he or she is executed using electricity. He was electrocuted for a murder committed when he was 17. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed • electrocution (electrocutions) The court sentenced him to death by electrocution. N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v T usually passive to injure or kill someone by passing electricity through their body (An employee was electrocuted on the new equipment.) - electrocution n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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