Synonyms:
execute, put_to_death
Meaning: kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"
Synonyms:
execute
Meaning: murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
Synonyms:
carry_through, accomplish, execute, carry_out, action, fulfill, fulfil
Meaning: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
Usage examples
Go and execute my wishes."
"He will design and execute them.
I demand justice; it is not my business to execute the sentence.
How can it undertake or execute any liberal or enlarged plans of public good?
Private individuals here and there could proclaim the gospel; they could not execute the work.
"Unless you, my dear mother, who are so clever and so kind, will execute the commission yourself."
His ability is executive; that is, he persistently and energetically strives to execute or carry out his aims.
It must stand in need of no intermediate legislations; but must itself be empowered to employ the arm of the ordinary magistrate to execute its own resolutions.
He instantly disappeared; but even in the moment before he departed to execute her command he had time to express by his look a sense of injury forgiven, which did not escape Joe.
He must agree to repay the loan in goods of the same kind and quality as those received, a contract most difficult to execute, and giving occasion to costly tests and countless disagreements.