electrocuted
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verb
- To kill by electric shock.“Her hairdryer fell into the tub while she was bathing, and she was electrocuted.”
- To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair.“The executioner threw the switch on Old Sparky, and the condemned prisoner was electrocuted for his crimes.”
- To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon.
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