electrocute
verb (used with object), e·lec·tro·cut·ed, e·lec·tro·cut·ing.
Origin of electrocute
Related Words for electrocuted
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Contemporary Examples of electrocuted
His father, who worked in a box factory, was fixing a fan one day at home and got electrocuted.
At Gabal Ahmar, the young inmates had been viciously beaten or electrocuted using Taser-style devices, according to Bilal.
Some perished as they tried to evacuate at the last minute; others were found days later, drowned or electrocuted in their homes.
Ahmad claims that four plainclothes officers cuffed him to a chair, jammed open his mouth, and electrocuted his gums.
He was electrocuted and left with second- and third-degree burns and a severe case of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Historical Examples of electrocuted
It was all so like death, this disappearance—as if he had thrown the switch that electrocuted a man.
The Radiant ShellPaul Ernst
Both men were electrocuted, and the formula is still a secret.
Advanced ChemistryJack G. Huekels
Why, a man in the States would be electrocuted on half the evidence.
The Green MummyFergus Hume
No man was ever electrocuted for not knowing, and that's just where I am.
T. TembaromFrances Hodgson Burnett
"I believe you would be cheerful if you were going to be electrocuted," she said, pensively.
The Pillar of LightLouis Tracy