execute
C1UK /ˈeksɪkjuːt/US /ˈeksɪkjuːt/
Meaning
verb
to kill somebody, especially as a legal punishment
“be executed (for something), He was executed for treason.”
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“reason and plan, and execute our mission.”
📺 Jensen Huang's Speech at CaltechLearn this word in the video →
“She had just had to give him the news that, in retaliation for his outspokenness against his country's regime, his mother had been seized and executed.”
📺 J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement SpeechLearn this word in the video →
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