EXECUTIONS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

executions

noun

plural of execution

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the doing of an action the execution of this magic trick must be accomplished in one fluid motion

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Recent Examples of executions Global rise Amnesty International said in May that recorded executions worldwide rose 78% in 2025 to 2,707, the highest number documented by the rights group since 1981. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Iran has also continued its crackdown on the opposition; according to the United Nations, executions of political prisoners and dissidents are surging. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026 Both periods were marked by purges and executions; at the end, few opponents were left to resist him. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 Silvia is the 13th prisoner put to death this year in Florida, which has two more executions scheduled in September. — David Fischer, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026 Of the 70 executions since last year, 32 have been in Florida. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026 If the Tennessee and Alabama deaths take place, six states will have had executions in 2026. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Invest in your people's move from execution to oversight because that transition is where most implementations succeed or stall.

— Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of implementations

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If everything else goes to plan, Tentsile will begin early fulfillment deliveries in May and standard fulfillments in August.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
Palestinians and Israeli Jews also came to regard the other side’s actions as fulfillments of their own national nightmares, ethnic cleansing for one and extermination for the other.

— Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

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The Department of Justice has launched pretextual prosecutions against the President’s political opponents.

— Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026
Trump directed the secretary of Homeland Security to work with other executive agencies to identify fentanyl smuggling networks and for the attorney general to pursue prosecutions for fentanyl trafficking.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of prosecutions

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The crowning achievement in a long list of achievements for Jobs, the late Apple co-founder, was the introduction of the iPhone, which is still the company’s cash cow to this day.

— Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Read on to learn about Parton’s legacy from her music career, theme parks, and other history-making achievements.

— Jessica Vacco-Bolaños, StyleCaster, 25 Aug. 2026

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