execution
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Definitions
Noun
putting a condemned person to death
Noun
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"
Noun
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
Noun
(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
Noun
a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
Noun
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
Noun
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Synonyms
capital punishment
carrying into action
carrying out
death penalty
executing
execution of instrument
implementation
instruction execution
murder
performance
slaying
writ of execution
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assassination
batch processing
beheading
bloodshed
burning
burning at the stake
butchery
carnage
concurrent execution
contract killing
crucifixion
decapitation
dry-gulching
electrocution
elimination
filicide
fratricide
gore
hanging
hit
infanticide
linguistic performance
liquidation
lynching
mariticide
mass murder
massacre
mechanics
mechanism
multiprogramming
officiation
parricide
regicide
shoot-down
slaughter
specific performance
thuggee
tyrannicide
uxoricide