e·lec·tro·cute 
(ĭ-lĕktrə-kyt′)
(ĭ-lĕktrə-kyt′)tr.v. e·lec·tro·cut·ed, e·lec·tro·cut·ing, e·lec·tro·cutes
1. To kill with electricity: a worker who was electrocuted by a high-tension wire.
2. To execute (a person sentenced to death) by means of electricity.
[ELECTRO- + (EXE)CUTE.]
e·lec′tro·cution (-kyshən) n.