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electrocution

Noun

∙ The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
∙ Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair.
∙ A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not. informal, deprecated

BABYLON ENGLISH
electrocution n.
act of killing by electric shock

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
electrocution
electrocution
see under electrocute

WORDNET 2.0
electrocution
Noun
1. execution by electricity
(synonym) burning
(hypernym) execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
(derivation) electrocute, fry
2. killing by electric shock
(hypernym) killing, kill, putting to death
(derivation) electrocute

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Electrocution
Electrocution is death caused by electric shock, electric current passing through the body. The word is derived from "electro" and "execution", but it is also used for accidental death. The word is also sometimes used to describe non-fatal injuries due to electricity. The term "electrocution," coined about the time of the first use of the electric chair in 1890, originally referred only to electrical execution (from which it is a portmanteau word), and not to accidental or suicidal electrical deaths. However, since no English word was available for non-judicial deaths due to electric shock, the word "electrocution" eventually took over as a description of all circumstances of electrical death from the new commercial electricity. The first recorded accidental electrocution (besides lightning strikes) occurred in 1879 when a stage carpenter in Lyon, France touched a 250-volt wire.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

electrocution

Noun

∙ The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
∙ Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair.
∙ A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not. informal, deprecated

BABYLON ENGLISH
electrocution n.
act of killing by electric shock

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
electrocution
electrocution
see under electrocute

WORDNET 2.0
electrocution
Noun
1. execution by electricity
(synonym) burning
(hypernym) execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty
(derivation) electrocute, fry
2. killing by electric shock
(hypernym) killing, kill, putting to death
(derivation) electrocute

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Electrocution
Electrocution is death caused by electric shock, electric current passing through the body. The word is derived from "electro" and "execution", but it is also used for accidental death. The word is also sometimes used to describe non-fatal injuries due to electricity. The term "electrocution," coined about the time of the first use of the electric chair in 1890, originally referred only to electrical execution (from which it is a portmanteau word), and not to accidental or suicidal electrical deaths. However, since no English word was available for non-judicial deaths due to electric shock, the word "electrocution" eventually took over as a description of all circumstances of electrical death from the new commercial electricity. The first recorded accidental electrocution (besides lightning strikes) occurred in 1879 when a stage carpenter in Lyon, France touched a 250-volt wire.
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