Executing and Ruling

executing

Putting a condemned person to death.
- synonyms: execution, capital punishment, death penalty

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

(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Execute.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

ruling

The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself.
- synonyms: opinion

Exercise authority over; as of nations.
- usage: "Who is governing the country now"
- synonyms: govern, rule
Decide with authority.
- usage: "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed"
- synonyms: rule, decree
Be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance.
- usage: "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood"
- synonyms: predominate, dominate, rule, reign, prevail
Decide on and make a declaration about.
- usage: "find someone guilty"
- synonyms: rule, find
Have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac.
- synonyms: rule
Mark or draw with a ruler.
- usage: "rule the margins"
- synonyms: rule
Keep in check.
- usage: "rule one's temper"
- synonyms: rule, harness, rein

(a.) Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.
(a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.
(n.) The act of one who rules; ruled lines.
(n.) A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Rule.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary