Executed and Operating

verb

• Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.
  • usage: "In some states, criminals are executed"
  • synonyms: execute, put to death
• Murder in a planned fashion.
  • usage: "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
  • synonyms: execute
• Put in effect.
  • usage: "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
  • synonyms: carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil
• Carry out the legalities of.
  • usage: "execute a will or a deed"
  • synonyms: execute
• 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, execute
• 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"
  • synonyms: perform, execute, do
• Sign in the presence of witnesses.
  • usage: "The President executed the treaty"
  • synonyms: execute

adjective

• Put to death as punishment.
  • usage: "claimed the body of the executed traitor"

Officially signed, as in the execution of a deed or other document, with the intention that the person signing shall be bound by the contents.

verb

• Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc..
  • usage: "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan"
  • synonyms: operate, run
• Perform as expected when applied.
  • usage: "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
  • synonyms: function, work, operate, go, run
• Handle and cause to function.
  • usage: "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever"
  • synonyms: operate, control
• Perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense.
  • synonyms: manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate
• Happen.
  • usage: "What is going on in the minds of the people"
  • synonyms: operate
• Keep engaged.
  • usage: "engaged the gears"
  • synonyms: engage, mesh, lock, operate
• Perform surgery on.
  • usage: "The doctors operated on the patient but failed to save his life"
  • synonyms: operate on, operate

adjective

• Involved in a kind of operation.
  • usage: "the operating conditions of the oxidation pond"
• Being in effect or operation.
  • usage: "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions"
  • synonyms: operational, in operation