EXECUTING Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

executing

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Definition of executing next

present participle of execute

as in enforcing

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

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as in performing

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 murdering

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

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Recent Examples of executing Chef Alfred Portale leads the kitchen, executing a menu packed with unforgettable dishes. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026 Alphabet, too, was left for dead by the Street on fears that management wasn't executing and the company's AI strategy wasn't panning out to the point the were being overtaken by others. —

Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026 Part of that is executing the defensive game plan. —

Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2026 Global Partners filed a lawsuit in September in Suffolk Superior Court seeking to stop MassDOT from executing its lease. —

Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2026 The scholars argue that decisions involving life and human dignity must remain in human hands, warning that AI systems capable of selecting and executing targets fundamentally alter the moral nature of war. —

Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026 But there must be a heavy price for the regime for executing young people like this. —

Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026 This is made possible by executing command line instructions (CLI) in your PC’s terminal, the company says. —

Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026 While executing a search warrant at his home, investigators found the firearm Asphy used in the alleged crime, authorities said. —

Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026

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His pro-working-class mantras focused on affordability and child and health care support funded by enforcing corporate tax code while closing loopholes exploited by billionaires registers politically to the left of Thompson, a moderate Democrat.

— Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Since 1968, the world nuclear order has rested on the delicate architecture of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, enforcing the international norm that countries without nuclear weapons won’t try to get them, and countries with nuclear weapons won’t help arm their allies.

— Chloe Shrager, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026