electrocute

verb

elec·tro·cute i-ˈlek-trə-ˌkyüt How to pronounce electrocute (audio)

electrocuted; electrocuting

transitive verb

: to kill or severely injure by electric shock

Because of flawed electrical work by contractors, the bulletin stated, soldiers at U.S. bases in Iraq had received severe electrical shocks, and some had even been electrocuted.

James Risen

But if a power outage occurs, the PV [photovoltaic] system has to shut down or it could electrocute utility workers who think they're working on dead lines.

Popular Science

He was working on Pier 38 on the West Side of Manhattan when he was accidently electrocuted by a high-voltage wire. He suffered second- and third-degree burns and had to undergo painful skin grafts.

Robert I. Friedman

: to execute (a criminal) by electricity

Two of the big fish, Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss and Louis Capone, ultimately were convicted and electrocuted with the boss himself …

Scott Christianson

electrocution

i-ˌlek-trə-ˈkyü-shən How to pronounce electrocute (audio)

noun

Last year, we spent our vacation in a rustic cabin in Burgundy, where we … risked electrocution every time we recharged our laptop using the cabin's rustic, non-grounded electrical outlets.

Laura Colby

In 1982, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection or electrocution.

Lola Ogunnaike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people at will.

Joe Otterson, Variety, 23 Aug. 2022 Featuring an all-female writer’s room for the first season, The Power focuses on a world where teenage girls have the ability to electrocute others at will, an ability that is later developed by older women.

Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 May 2022 Bernard Lown, a renowned Harvard University cardiologist, denounced the idea in a 1972 medical-journal article and warned that the device might electrocute people.

James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 May 2022 Yet one news story managed to break through the tedium of the waning days of 2022, about an AI assistant that reportedly encouraged a 10-year-old to electrocute herself.

Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2021 Bug zappers attract insects with ultraviolet light and then electrocute them, but the light usually isn’t intense enough to harm people.

From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021 This backfeed could electrocute utility workers or people in neighboring buildings, said Paul Hope, the home and garden editor at Consumer Reports.

Kristen Rogers, CNN, 1 Sep. 2021 Among the products cited in the suit are carbon monoxide detectors that fail to alarm, numerous children's pajamas that could catch fire and nearly 400,000 hair dryers that could electrocute people if dropped in water.

Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 July 2021 State prisons officials had planned on Friday to electrocute Sigmon, a 63-year-old inmate who has spent nearly two decades on death row after he was convicted in 2002 of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat.

CBS News, 17 June 2021 See More

单词	electrocute
释义	electrocute verb elec·tro·cute i-ˈlek-trə-ˌkyüt electrocuted; electrocuting transitive verb 1 : to kill or severely injure by electric shock Because of flawed electrical work by contractors, the bulletin stated, soldiers at U.S. bases in Iraq had received severe electrical shocks, and some had even been electrocuted. James Risen But if a power outage occurs, the PV [photovoltaic] system has to shut down or it could electrocute utility workers who think they're working on dead lines. Popular Science He was working on Pier 38 on the West Side of Manhattan when he was accidently electrocuted by a high-voltage wire. He suffered second- and third-degree burns and had to undergo painful skin grafts. Robert I. Friedman 2 : to execute (a criminal) by electricity Two of the big fish, Emanuel (Mendy) Weiss and Louis Capone, ultimately were convicted and electrocuted with the boss himself … Scott Christianson electrocution i-ˌlek-trə-ˈkyü-shən noun Last year, we spent our vacation in a rustic cabin in Burgundy, where we … risked electrocution every time we recharged our laptop using the cabin's rustic, non-grounded electrical outlets. Laura Colby In 1982, he was sentenced to death by lethal injection or electrocution. Lola Ogunnaike Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people at will. Joe Otterson, Variety, 23 Aug. 2022 Featuring an all-female writer’s room for the first season, The Power focuses on a world where teenage girls have the ability to electrocute others at will, an ability that is later developed by older women. Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 May 2022 Bernard Lown, a renowned Harvard University cardiologist, denounced the idea in a 1972 medical-journal article and warned that the device might electrocute people. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 6 May 2022 Yet one news story managed to break through the tedium of the waning days of 2022, about an AI assistant that reportedly encouraged a 10-year-old to electrocute herself. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 31 Dec. 2021 Bug zappers attract insects with ultraviolet light and then electrocute them, but the light usually isn’t intense enough to harm people. From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 14 July 2021 This backfeed could electrocute utility workers or people in neighboring buildings, said Paul Hope, the home and garden editor at Consumer Reports. Kristen Rogers, CNN, 1 Sep. 2021 Among the products cited in the suit are carbon monoxide detectors that fail to alarm, numerous children's pajamas that could catch fire and nearly 400,000 hair dryers that could electrocute people if dropped in water. Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 July 2021 State prisons officials had planned on Friday to electrocute Sigmon, a 63-year-old inmate who has spent nearly two decades on death row after he was convicted in 2002 of killing his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat. CBS News, 17 June 2021 See More Word History Etymology electr- + -cute (as in execute) First Known Use 1889, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Kids Definition electrocute verb elec·tro·cute i-ˈlek-trə-ˌkyüt electrocuted; electrocuting : to kill by an electric shock Medical Definition electrocute transitive verb elec·tro·cute i-ˈlek-trə-ˌkyüt electrocuted; electrocuting 1 : to kill or severely injure by electric shock 2 : to execute (a criminal) by electricity Legal Definition electrocute transitive verb elec·tro·cute electrocuted; electrocuting : to execute (a convicted criminal) by electricity History and Etymology for electrocute electro-, combining form meaning “electric” + execute
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electrocute

verb

Example Sentences

Word History

Kids Definition

verb

Medical Definition

transitive verb

Legal Definition

transitive verb