electrocute
verb (used with object)
to kill by electricity.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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Elliot jumped at the word letter like it had electrocuted him somehow, glancing left and right as though to make sure we were alone.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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