execute stresses putting to death as a legal penalty. perform, execute, discharge, accomplish, achieve, effect, fulfill mean to carry out or into effect. perform implies action that follows established patterns …

EXECUTE definition: to carry out; accomplish. See examples of execute used in a sentence.

EXECUTE definition: 1. to kill someone as a legal punishment: 2. to do or perform something, especially in a planned…. Learn more.

To execute someone means to kill them as a punishment for a serious crime. One group claimed to have executed the American hostage. [VERB noun] Execution by lethal injection is scheduled for …

1. to carry out: to execute a plan. 2. to perform: to execute a gymnastic feat.

ex•e•cute /ˈɛksɪˌkyut/ v. [~ + object], -cut•ed, -cut•ing. to carry out; accomplish: to execute a plan. to perform or do: to execute a handstand. to put to death according to law: The murderer was executed …

Definition of execute verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [usually passive] to kill somebody, especially as a legal punishment. be executed (for something) He was executed for …

To follow out or through to the end; perform completely, as something projected, prescribed, or ordered; carry into complete effect; accomplish: as, to execute a purpose, plan, design, or scheme. To …

To execute means to carry out in full or perform. If you execute all the difficult steps of the dance perfectly, you will make your instructor proud.

He was captured, tried, and executed for murder. They carefully executed the plan. The pilot executed an emergency landing. The quarterback executed the play perfectly.