Execution synonyms
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The carrying out of instructions or plans
Death by official order
birth (antonym)
Noble or high status:
Realization is defined as the moment of understanding something, or when something planned finally happens.
(Informal, deprecated) A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not.
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lethal-injection
A means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs.
guillotining
An execution by guillotine.
The act of strangling or the state of being strangled
contract killing
Death by official order
The crime of killing by strangling.
(absolute use, often capitalized: The Crucifixion) The death on the Cross of Christ.
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burning at the stake
Death by official order
(Law) A punishment in which the person who committed the offence is put to death by the state.
An apparatus in the form of a chair, used in electrocuting persons sentenced to death
A group of people designated to shoot a person condemned to death.
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the gallows
Death by official order
the rope
Death by official order
the block
Death by official order
the chair
Death by official order
the ax
Death by official order
achievement (related)
A thing achieved, esp. by skill, work, courage, etc.; feat
performance (related)
The way in which someone or something functions:
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The definition of an accomplishment is something that has been completed with skill or expertise.
(Law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
An end; conclusion; outcome
An act of effectuating.
A method of execution formerly practiced in Spain, in which a tightened iron collar is used to strangle or break the neck of a condemned person.
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An instrument, working on a similar principle, as for cutting paper
The act or action of causing death, as of a person.
lapidation
(Law) The practice of or an act of stoning, sometimes to the point of death, as punishment
noyade
A mass execution of persons by drowning, as practiced at Nantes, France, during the Reign of Terror (1794)
Something (such as a crime) that is perpetrated
Something transacted, especially a business agreement or exchange.
abandoning (antonym)
An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
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leaving (antonym)
carrying out of a task
forgetting (antonym)
The mental act by which something is forgotten.
ignorance (antonym)
The condition or quality of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, education, etc.
disregard (antonym)
The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.
failure (antonym)
The condition or fact of being insufficient or falling short:
neglect (antonym)
The act of neglecting.
That which discharges, as a legal order for release, a certificate of dismissal from military service, etc.
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A pursuing of a lawsuit or a criminal trial; the party pursuing a criminal prosecution; the carrying out of any activity or plan.
A result of interpreting.
Reading is written or printed material that can be looked at and understood.
A depiction or interpretation, as in painting or music.
do (related)
(Chiefly Brit., Informal) A party or social event
performing-arts (related)
(Art) The arts involving performance, such as dance, theatre, singing, etc.
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the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
(Electronics) A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.
putting a condemned person to death
The penalty of death for the commission of a crime.
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writ of execution
a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
execution of instrument
(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
instruction execution
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
cantando
music-making
pianism
The art, technique, or performance of a pianist
execute (related)
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initialization (related)
invocation (related)
interrogation (related)
operation (related)
ultimate penalty
Death by official order
Find another word for execution. In this page you can discover 75 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for execution, like: fulfilling, decapitation, hanging, birth, realization, electrocution, gassing, lethal-injection, beheading, guillotining and strangulation.