electrocute
/ɪˈlɛktrəkjuːt/
verb
- To injure or kill someone by passing electricity through their body.
- The movie showed a villain being electrocuted in an electric chair.
- The worker was electrocuted when he accidentally touched a live wire.
- A bird can be electrocuted if it lands on an exposed power line.
- To execute someone using an electric chair as a method of capital punishment.
- The electric chair was used to electrocute condemned criminals in the early 20th century.
- The judge sentenced the murderer to be electrocuted.
- In some states, prisoners were historically electrocuted for serious crimes.