ELECTROCUTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electrocute mean? 

• ELECTROCUTE (verb)
  The verb ELECTROCUTE has 2 senses:

1. kill by electric shock

2. kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

  Familiarity information: ELECTROCUTE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTROCUTE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they electrocute    ... he / she / it electrocutes   
Past simple: electrocuted   
Past participle: electrocuted   
-ing form: electrocuting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Kill by electric shock

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted

Hypernyms (to "electrocute" is one way to...):

kill (cause the death of, without intention)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

electrocution (killing by electric shock)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

electrocute; fry

Context example:

The serial killer was electrocuted

Hypernyms (to "electrocute" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to electrocute the prisoners

Derivation:

electrocution (execution by electricity)

 Context examples 

"He'd kill them on sight. If he didn't bankrupt me with damage suits, the authorities would take him away from me and electrocute him."

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"Four of them were electrocuted," I said, remembering.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)