Synonyms of executed

executed

verb

past tense of execute

1

as in enforced

to carry out effectively

the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enforced
• implemented
• administered
• applied
• effected
• rendered
• invoked
• fulfilled
• enacted
• brought about
• cited
• effectuated
• prosecuted
• upheld
• honored
• observed
• promulgated
• discharged
• legislated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• neglected
• disregarded

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• performed
• accomplished
• fulfilled
• achieved
• made
• did
• implemented
• prosecuted
• committed
• perpetrated
• completed
• carried out
• negotiated
• finished
• carried off
• went through
• realized
• pulled off
• effected
• put through
• brought off
• practiced
• brought about
• attained
• effectuated
• compassed
• followed through (with)
• nailed
• repeated
• worked (at)
• engaged (in)
• ended
• reenacted
• aced
• actualized
• wound up
• reduplicated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failed
• slighted
• slurred
• skimped

3

as in assassinated

to put to death deliberately

during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinated
• murdered
• killed
• dispatched
• terminated
• neutralized
• liquidated
• slaughtered
• destroyed
• got
• snuffed
• whacked
• offed
• slew
• put away
• knocked off
• iced
• croaked
• took out
• did in
• rubbed out
• bumped off
• did away with
• claimed
• eliminated
• butchered
• shot
• massacred
• shot down
• carried off
• cut down
• felled
• eradicated
• blotted out
• exterminated
• annihilated
• wiped out
• blew away
• zapped
• smote
• mowed (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• raised
• revived
• animated
• resurrected
• resuscitated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of executed

No one has been executed in the state since 2006 and California has the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere. — Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2026

In July, Florida executed two prisoners on the same day, the first double execution by a single state in nearly a decade. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

The state last executed a person in 2006 under the governorship of Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 6 Nov. 2026

While the program was originally included in the 2025 budget, it was not executed due to financial uncertainty at the time. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Parizek said a search warrant was executed Thursday at a home believed to be her residence. — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

The state spends more than $200 million a year to adjudicate automatic death penalty appeals and habeas corpus petitions for inmates who, in all likelihood, will never be executed, according to a 2025 report by the Habeas Corpus Resource Center. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Indiana prison officials early Thursday morning executed death row inmate Jeffrey Weisheit, who was convicted of killing two children in a house fire. — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2026

The researchers worked with RISC-V assembly code, which represents instructions executed by a processor. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 Oct. 2026