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Executed

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Adjective

1. executed

put to death as punishment

Example Sentences:
'claimed the body of the executed traitor'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Executed

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to put (a condemned person) to death; inflict capital punishment upon
2. 
to carry out; complete; perform; do
to execute an order
3. 
to perform; accomplish; effect
to execute a pirouette
4. 
to make or produce
to execute a drawing
5. 
to carry into effect (a judicial sentence, the law, etc); enforce
6. law
to comply with legal formalities in order to render (a deed, etc) effective, as by signing, sealing, and delivering
7. 
to sign (a will) in the presence of witnesses and in accordance with other legal formalities
8. 
to carry out the terms of (a contract, will, etc)

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Executed

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈexeˌcuted or ˈexeˌcuting
1. 
to follow out or carry out; do; perform; fulfill
to execute another's orders
2. 
to carry into effect; administer (laws, etc.)
3. 
to put to death as in accordance with a legally imposed sentence
4. 
to create or produce in accordance with an idea, plan, blueprint, etc.
to execute a statue in marble
5. 
to perform (a piece of music, a part in a play, etc.)
6.  Computing
to perform the operations indicated in (an instruction or program)
7.  Law
to complete or make valid (a deed, contract, etc.) as by signing, sealing, and delivering
verb intransitive
8.  Computing
to run an instruction or program

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Executed

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tr.v. ex·e·cut·ed, ex·e·cut·ing, ex·e·cutes
1. To put into effect; carry out: a government that executes the decisions of the ruling party.
2. To perform; do: execute a U-turn. See Synonyms at perform.
3. To create (a work of art, for example) in accordance with a prescribed design.
4. To make valid, as by signing: execute a deed.
5. To perform or carry out what is required by: execute the terms of a will.
6. To put to death, especially by carrying out a lawful sentence.
7. Computers To run (a program or instruction).

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