electrocute
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪˈlektɹəkjuːt/, /əˈlektɹəkjuːt/
electrocute (electrocutes, present participle electrocuting; past and past participle electrocuted)
- (transitive) To kill by electric shock.
- Her hairdryer fell into the tub while she was bathing, and she was electrocuted.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, proscribed, informal) To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon.
- (Nonfatal electric shock) electrify
- French: électrocuter
- German: elektrokutieren
- Italian: fulminare
- Portuguese: eletrocutar
- Russian: казни́ть на электрический
- Spanish: electrocutar
- Russian: бить ток
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