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    ex·e·cute
    [ˈeksəˌkyo͞ot]
    verb
    execute (verb) · executes (third person present) · executed (past tense) · executed (past participle) · executing (present participle)
    1. carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, or course of action):
      "the corporation executed a series of financial deals"
      • produce (a work of art):
        "not only does she execute embroideries, she designs them too"
      • perform (an activity or maneuver requiring care or skill):
        "they had to execute their dance steps with the greatest precision"
      • law
        make (a legal instrument) valid by signing or sealing it.
      • law
        carry out (a judicial sentence, the terms of a will, or other order):
        "police executed a search warrant"
      • computing
        carry out an instruction or program.
    2. carry out a sentence of death on (a legally condemned person):
      "he was convicted of treason and executed"
      • kill (someone) as a political act:
        "he would be executed if he fell into rebel hands"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Old French executer, from medieval Latin executare, from Latin exsequi ‘follow up, punish’, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.
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    verb
    1. carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, or course of action):
      carry out
      accomplish
      perform
      implement
      effect
      bring off
      bring about
      achieve
      carry off
      carry through
      complete
      enact
      enforce
      do
      discharge
      prosecute
      engineer
      administer
      attain
      realize
      fulfill
      perpetrate
      pull off
      swing
      cut
      effectuate
      put into effect
      put into practice
      acquit oneself of
    2. carry out a sentence of death on (a legally condemned person):
      kill
      hang
      behead
      guillotine
      decapitate
      electrocute
      shoot
      garrotte
      crucify
      lynch
      string up
      fry
      bowstring
      put to death
      carry out a sentence of death on
      send to the gibbet
      put before a firing squad
      send to the gas chamber
      stone to death
      send to the electric chair
      send to the chair
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