1
as in enforced
to carry out effectively
the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws
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2
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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3
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
Alabama and Louisiana have executed inmates by nitrogen gas.
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Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Use the Right Hardware Bryant is also a fan of using curtains instead of doors, but only when it’s executed correctly.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Mahdi is the fifth inmate executed by South Carolina in less than eight months as the state makes its way through prisoners who ran out of appeals during a 13-year pause on executions in the state.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas have executed men by lethal injection, while South Carolina has used both the firing squad and lethal injection.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
But The Pitt eschewed a show-stopping, season finale breakdown scene for a piercing, carefully contained crisis, executed with breathtaking skill by Wyle.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
He was arrested on Wednesday after law enforcement executed search warrants at a dozen locations across North Jersey following a two-year investigation into the enterprise.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
But the trade, if executed by the Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, would also allow the Yankees to build for the future by acquiring rookie starter Sean Burke, a Massachusetts native who was the White Sox's third-round draft pick in 2021 out of Maryland.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Now more than 20 years later, Mahdi is set to be executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Use the Right Hardware Bryant is also a fan of using curtains instead of doors, but only when it’s executed correctly.
—Lauren Jones, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025
Mahdi is the fifth inmate executed by South Carolina in less than eight months as the state makes its way through prisoners who ran out of appeals during a 13-year pause on executions in the state.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
Florida, Oklahoma, Arizona and Texas have executed men by lethal injection, while South Carolina has used both the firing squad and lethal injection.
—Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2025
But The Pitt eschewed a show-stopping, season finale breakdown scene for a piercing, carefully contained crisis, executed with breathtaking skill by Wyle.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
He was arrested on Wednesday after law enforcement executed search warrants at a dozen locations across North Jersey following a two-year investigation into the enterprise.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2025
But the trade, if executed by the Yankees and the Chicago White Sox, would also allow the Yankees to build for the future by acquiring rookie starter Sean Burke, a Massachusetts native who was the White Sox's third-round draft pick in 2021 out of Maryland.
—Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Now more than 20 years later, Mahdi is set to be executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executed
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The draconian rules imposed upon women and girls in Afghanistan are strictly enforced with those objecting being threatened, beaten, detained and subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment in detention.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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If enforced, the unprecedented regulation could precluded companies from operating normally in the international markets and would likely decimate investment.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Our dashboard How Low Can Stocks Go During A Market Crash shows how key stocks performed during and after the last six market crashes.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The Houston Astros performed major reconstructive surgery on their lineup this offseason.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The president assassinated, then Martin Luther King, the Civil Rights [Movement].—
Susan Young,
People.com,
16 Mar. 2025
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Americans are divided over whether or not there should be public commemorations of Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today, according to new polling.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
21 Feb. 2025
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Salah’s remarkable run has already led him to achieve milestones only previously accomplished by legends.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Woods Richardson accomplished his goal, getting strikes on 20 of 33 pitches on Tuesday and finishing with three strikeouts in two innings.—
Dan Hayes,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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He’s murdered, essentially, and the Innies have run amok.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
23 Mar. 2025
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In the 1970s, dark-haired, slender, and possessing considerable charm, this lethal Romeo wooed, won, and then murdered four women.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
23 Mar. 2025
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That’s compared to only 55% of women who feel fulfilled still working a nine-to-five job for someone else.—
Liz Elting,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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School leaders believed other records that might have fulfilled the requests contained too much private information and were excluded from public record under student privacy laws.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2025
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That spray should be made in late evening, just before dark, after the bees have stopped flying.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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But longtime close watchers of Epstein and his legal ordeal made the case in a series of posts on X that such a list may never emerge.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Executed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executed. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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