execution has definitions from the fields of computer science,law,criminal law,writing
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[ noun ] putting a condemned person to death

Used in print

(Alex Gordon, The Cipher....)

If Mahzeer was alone with the prime_minister he could be arranging his execution while Hoag stood out here shivering in the darkening street .

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[ noun ] the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

Examples

"they criticised his performance as mayor" "experience generally improves performance"

Used in print

(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)

Yet often fear persists because , even with the most rigid ritual , one is never quite free from the uneasy feeling that one might make some mistake or that in every previous execution one had been unaware of the really decisive act .

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[ noun ] (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law) unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
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[ noun ] (law,writing) a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out

Related terms

writ court_order law

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[ noun ] (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable

Related terms

subscription law

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[ noun ] the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

Examples

"the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"

Related terms

enforcement follow_through

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