electrocuted


From the verb electrocute: (⇒ conjugate)
electrocuted is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
e•lec•tro•cute /ɪˈlɛktrəˌkyut/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -cut•ed, -cut•ing. 
  1. to kill by electricity:The bird fell onto the railroad tracks and was electrocuted.
  2. to execute (a criminal) in an electric chair.
e•lec•tro•cu•tion /ɪˌlɛktrəˈkyuʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable* countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
e•lec•tro•cute  (i lektrə kyo̅o̅t′),USA pronunciation v.t., -cut•ed, -cut•ing. 
  1. to kill by electricity.
  2. to execute (a criminal) by electricity, as in an electric chair.
  • electro- + (exe)cute 1885–90, American.
e•lec′tro•cution, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
electrocute /ɪˈlɛktrəˌkjuːt/ vb (transitive)
  1. to kill as a result of an electric shock
  2. US to execute in the electric chair
Etymology: 19th Century: from electro- + (exe)cuteeˌlectroˈcution n

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