Executions Synonyms and Antonyms

The act of beginning and carrying through to completion
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. prosecutions
  2. performances
  3. discharges
Antonyms:
  1. neglects
  2. failures
  3. disregards
Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. decapitations
  2. murders
  3. killings
  4. shootings
  5. martyrdoms
  6. crucifixions
The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. accomplishments
  2. realizations
  3. performances
  4. implementations
  5. transactions
  6. renditions
  7. renderings
  8. killings
  9. fulfillments
  10. readings
  11. decapitations
  12. completions
  13. interpretations
Antonyms:
  1. births

Executions Sentence Examples

  • Frightful executions in the island followed his fall.

  • Everywhere intense indignation was aroused by the cruel tortures and executions.

  • In 1655 a proclamation was issued for administering the laws against the priests and Jesuits, and some executions were carried out.

  • The executions took place on market days on a hill outside the town, the gibbet somewhat resembling a guillotine.

  • The baron Cerro Azul was shot down without trial; Marshal de Gama Eza, an old imperial soldier of eighty years of age, was murdered in cold blood, and numerous executions of men of lesser note took place, among these being two Frenchmen for whose death the Brazilian government was subsequently called upon to pay heavy compensation.

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