electrocution

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A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not
Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair
The accidental death or suicide by electric shock
= method by which the animal is first stunned by passing an electrical current through the brain and subsequently killed by passing an electrical current of sinus 50 Hz through the heart During the electrical stunning of poultry in a water bath stunner the current is simultaneously passing brain and heart
killing by electric shock execution by electricity
killing by electric shock
execution by electricity
Death caused by the passage of a low frequency electric current through the body
{i} act of killing by electric shock
Method of execution in which the condemned person is subjected to a heavy charge of electric current. The prisoner is shackled into a wired chair, and electrodes are fastened to the head and one leg so that the current will flow through the body. One electrical shock may not be enough to kill the person; if a doctor does not confirm the death, several shocks may be applied. The electric chair was first used in 1890. Electrocution also refers to death by other causes of electrical shock (e.g., accidental contact with high-voltage wiring)
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To inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally
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To cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock

He was electrocuted for his crimes.

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If a criminal is electrocuted, he or she is executed using electricity. He was electrocuted for a murder committed when he was
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To cause death resulting from immediate complications resulting from electric shock
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E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n
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kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted"
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[Recent; Newspaper words] kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted"
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{f} kill by electric shock
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To execute or put to death by electricity
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[Recent; Newspaper words] kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial killer was electrocuted" kill by electric shock; "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted
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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
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+ electrocution electrocutions elec·tro·cu·tion The court sentenced him to death by electrocution
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kill by electric shock; "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted"
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kill by electric shock; "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted
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plural of electrocution
electrocution

    Расстановка переносов

    e·lec·tro·cu·tion

    Турецкое произношение

    îlektrıkyuşın

    Произношение

    /əˌlektrəˈkyo͞osʜən/ /ɪˌlɛktrəˈkjuːʃən/

    Этимология

    () electrocute +‎ -ion
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