Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To kill by electric shock.

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

    auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hinrichten, durch Stromschlag töten

    казни́ть на электри́ческом сту́леkaznítʹ na elektríčeskom stúle, уби́ть то́комubítʹ tókom

    kill by electric shock

  2. (transitive)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.

    kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair

  3. (informal, proscribed, transitive)To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon.

    einen heftigen Stromschlag versetzen

    бить то́комbitʹ tókom, уда́рить то́комudáritʹ tókom

Examples

27 sentences
  1. Tom was electrocuted.

    Тома вдарило струмом.

    ruТома ударило током.

    deTom bekam einen Schlag.

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  2. You could electrocute yourself if you aren't careful.

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  3. You're going to electrocute yourself if you aren't careful.

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  4. You're going to electrocute yourself if you're not careful.

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  5. You're going to electrocute yourself if you aren't more careful.

    deDu wirst dich elektrisieren, wenn du nicht vorsichtiger bist.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock:
to inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to cause death from immediate complications resulting from electric shock:
to inflict a severe electric shock, not necessarily fatally:

Origin

Blend of electro- + execute, after electrocution.

Blend of electro- + execute, after electrocution.

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Forms

electrocutes, electrocuting, electrocuted, electrocuted
Base formelectrocute · to electrocute
3rd person singularelectrocutes
Present participleelectrocuting
Past simpleelectrocuted
Past participleelectrocuted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyelectrocute
he, she, itelectrocutes

Past simpleLesson

all personselectrocuted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave electrocuted
he, she, ithas electrocuted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill electrocute

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair:fry

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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