executing (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *executing*:
NOUN	act	executing, execution, capital punishment, death penalty	putting a condemned person to death

executing > pronunciation
Sounds	eh'ksahkyuw.tihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *executing*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	putting a condemned person to death.
Synonyms	execution, capital punishment, death penalty
Narrower	burning, burning at the stake	execution by fire
	crucifixion	The act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world
	decapitation, beheading	execution by cutting off the victim's head
	electrocution, burning	execution by electricity
	hanging	A form of capital punishment
Broader	corporal punishment	The infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime
Spanish	castigo capital, ejecución, pena capital, pena de muerte
Catalan	pena capital, pena de mort
Verbs	execute	kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

HyperDic: executing