EXECUTED Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

executed

verb

past tense of execute

as in enforced

to carry out effectively the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws

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as in performed

to carry through (as a process) to completion when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher

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as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed

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Recent Examples of executed Then there is the strategy, executed without the million-dollar budget that comes with studio backing. —

Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 June 2026 Investigators executed a search warrant at the headquarters of the conspiracy in Baltimore and seized more than 8,000 packs of untaxed cigarettes and hundreds of counterfeit Maryland tax stamps. —

Adam Thompson, CBS News, 17 June 2026 And no wonder, with every element beautifully executed, from flaky fish on velvety grits to an elegant white wine sauce that takes the hearty dish from familiar to fancy. —

Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 Ryan Vilade hit a two-run homer and Taylor Walls executed a perfect safety squeeze for the Rays. —

ABC News, 16 June 2026 The expiration date of the new contract is 27 years after the first contract between the two entities was executed in 2004, soon after the city’s incorporation. —

Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026 Multiple law enforcement agencies executed three search warrants simultaneously on June 12 at two locations in Irving and one in Arlington. —

Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026 Next week, Hood will attend his thirteenth execution — Dusty Spencer, the oldest man ever to be executed in Florida. —

Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2026 Iran has executed political prisoners at a rate of one roughly every other day since March 18. —

Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026

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It will be enforced in the area bounded by the Detroit River, Third Street, the Lodge Freeway (M-10), the Fisher Freeway (Interstate 75), the extension of the Fisher Freeway east to include Gratiot Avenue, Vernor Highway, Chene Street, Atwater Street and the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Quarantine orders, which can be enforced with fines and prison time, are a rare legal step that can be taken if someone objects to a public health request.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 June 2026