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Noun: electrocution  u`lek-tru'kyoo-shun
  1. Execution by electricity
    - burning
     
  2. Killing by electric shock

Derived forms: electrocutions

See also: electrocute

Type of: capital punishment, death penalty, executing, execution, kill, killing, putting to death

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