execute
51execute — to murder Literally, to carry out any task, whence to effect the sentence of a court, especially a death sentence. It became standard English for beheading. Today terrorists have adopted the word to try to cloak their killings with legality …
52Execute — To run a computer program or procedure …
53execute — [ ɛksɪkju:t] verb 1》 put (a plan, order, etc.) into effect. ↘perform (an activity or manoeuvre). ↘Law make (a legal instrument) valid by signing or sealing it. ↘Law carry out (a judicial sentence, the terms of a will, or other order) …
54execute — v. a. 1. Accomplish, effect, effectuate, perform, do, consummate, finish, complete, achieve, carry out, carry through, carry into effect, work out. 2. Put to death (in pursuance of a judicial sentence). 3. (Law.) Sign, seal, and deliver (as a… …
55execute — verb 1) he was convicted and executed Syn: put to death, kill; hang, behead, guillotine, electrocute, send to the (electric) chair, shoot, put before a firing squad; informal string up, fry See note at kill 2) the …
56execute — v 1. carry out, accomplish, perform, do, discharge, fulfill, consummate; succeed in, manage, bring off, Sl. pull off, Inf. put over, U.S. Sl. swing, U.S. Sl. cut, U.S. Sl. hack; mastermind, engineer, negotiate, work out; bring about, make happen …
57execute — ex·e·cute …
58execute — verb 1) he executed a series of financial deals Syn: carry out, accomplish, bring off/about, implement, achieve, complete, engineer; informal pull off 2) he was finally executed Syn: put to death, kill, hang …
59execute — 1. Perform. Ho okō. 2. Kill. Ho omake, make …
60execute — To complete; to make; to sign; to perform; to do; to follow out; to carry out according to its terms; to fulfill the command or purpose of. To perform all necessary formalities, as to make and sign a contract, or sign and deliver a note. See also …
