execution
C1UK /ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃn/US /ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃn/
Meaning
noun
the act of killing somebody, especially as a legal punishment
“He faced execution by hanging for murder.”
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“I opened hand-written eyewitness accounts of summary trials and executions, of kidnappings and rapes.”
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I opened hand-written eyewitness accounts of summary trials and executions, of kidnappings and rapes.
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