electrocute
Americanverb (used with object)
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to kill by electricity.
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to execute (a criminal) by electricity, as in an electric chair.
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to pass an electric current through; shock.
The toaster burned my toast and then electrocuted me when I tried to unplug it.
verb
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to kill as a result of an electric shock
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to execute in the electric chair
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have electrocutedperfect
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has electrocutedperfect 3rd person singular
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has been electrocutingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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are electrocutingprogressive
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have been electrocutingperfect progressive
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is electrocutingprogressive 3rd person singular
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am electrocutingprogressive 1st person singular
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electrocutessingular 3rd person
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electrocutingparticiple
Past
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had electrocutedperfect
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were electrocutingprogressive plural
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was electrocutingprogressive singular
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had been electrocutingperfect progressive
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electrocutedparticiple
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electrocutedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of electrocute
An Americanism first recorded in 1885–90; electro- + (exe)cute
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