electrocute

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To kill by electric shock.

   Her hairdryer fell into the tub while she was bathing, and she was electrocuted.

2. verb To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair.

   The executioner threw the switch on Old Sparky, and the condemned prisoner was electrocuted for his crimes.

3. verb To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon.

Similar words

fry electricute shock electrocauterize electroshock electrostun ground galvanize execute light up

Often followed by

him a the you yourself me himself them her myself

Word family

electrocuted electrocutes electrocuting electrocution electrocutions