electrocute
verb (used with object)
to kill by electricity.
electrocuted
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past participleof electrocute.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof electrocute.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
electrocuteverb (used with object)to kill by electricity.
Example Sentences
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There was the bat that everyone thought was a thumper and the bat that made you feel electrocuted if you hit the ball in weather below 70 degrees.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
"It felt like my skin was on fire and like I was being electrocuted every second – it sounds dramatic, but... I pretty much became an insomniac."
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Glued to a screen, Kessler reacted to the words, “Your new Miss America is ... Alabama!” as if he’d been electrocuted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Pilcher was working last June when one of these recent recruits was electrocuted while working on high-voltage overhead lights, from a scissor lift, without gloves or other required safety equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025
The day would come when he would leave West Virginia and move to Florida, where he would be electrocuted while cleaning a swimming pool.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
