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execution::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | capital punishment, death penalty, executing |
| Type of | corporal punishment |
| Has types | crucifixion, decapitation, burning, electrocution, burning at the stake, beheading, hanging |
| Derivation | execute, executioner |
execution::noun | Spocien Dictionary
(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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | execution of instrument |
| Type of | subscription |
| Derivation | execute |
execution::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | carrying out, implementation |
| Type of | enforcement |
| Derivation | execute |
execution::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | carrying into action, carrying out, performance |
| Type of | action |
| Has types | linguistic performance, mechanics, officiation, mechanism, specific performance |
| Derivation | execute |
execution::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | writ of execution |
| Type of | court order |
execution::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | murder, slaying |
| Type of | homicide |
| Has types | uxoricide, assassination, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, contract killing, dry-gulching, elimination, filicide, fratricide, gore, hit, infanticide, liquidation, lynching, mariticide, mass murder, massacre, parricide, regicide, shoot-down, slaughter, thuggee, tyrannicide |
| Derivation | execute |
execution::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | instruction execution |
| Type of | process, physical process |
| Has types | batch processing, multiprogramming, concurrent execution |
Examples of execution
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Journalists were granted access to the first firing-squad execution in 14 years.
From the newsweek.com
Micromax takes no more than four months to go from idea to execution, says Jain.
From the businessweek.com
Utah is the only state that uses the firing squad as a current execution method.
From the edition.cnn.com
Five days after Valentine's Day, her imprisoned lover had ordered her execution.
From the suntimes.com
Agora resonates too, but on the strength of the subject more than the execution.
From the chron.com
Sunday night's game was the kind of effort and execution that we're looking for.
From the thenewstribune.com
Structure is rarely the chief culprit behind poor decision making and execution.
From the forbes.com
Eventually, Jesus was turned over to Roman prefect Pontius Pilate for execution.
From the time.com
I'm sure that only a few pause to ponder the potential of capture and execution.
From the stltoday.com
- Putting a condemned person to death
- Performance: 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"
- (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
- (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
- 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
- The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
- Execution is the first full-length album by Tribuzy.
- A writ of execution is a court order granted in an attempt to satisfy a monetary judgment obtained by a plaintiff. When issuing a writ of execution, a court typically will order a sheriff or other similar official to take possession of property owned by a judgment debtor. ...
- The Japanese animation television series Death Note, is based on the manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. ...
