verb
- Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.
- usage: "In some states, criminals are executed"
- synonyms: put to death
- Murder in a planned fashion.
- usage: "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
- Put in effect.
- usage: "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
- synonyms: carry through, accomplish, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
- Carry out the legalities of.
- usage: "execute a will or a deed"
- Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine.
- usage: "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
- synonyms: run
- Carry out or perform an action.
- usage: "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
- Sign in the presence of witnesses.
- usage: "The President executed the treaty"