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perpetrations

noun

plural of perpetration
as in executions
the doing of an action the perpetration of a series of pranks that resulted in an expulsion from school

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  1. executions
  2. accomplishments
  3. implementations
  4. fulfillments
Noun
  • Florida leads those states with 15 executions so far in 2026, by far the nation's busiest death chamber.
    — MICHAEL GRACZYK, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Reports of executions of political prisoners continue each week.
    — Eric Shawn, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of executions
Noun
  • Maine West officials sought a way to celebrate Dugalic’s accomplishments in person after she was drafted, according to Brett Clark, a District 207 spokesperson.
    — Russell Lissau, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • As well, even recognition of the historic accomplishments of minority individuals, such as the Tuskegee airmen, would be removed.
    — Richard Davis, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of accomplishments
Noun
  • More often, failures occur because implementations contain subtle mistakes.
    — Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The newer mechanism stopped the attack on one Intel generation but failed on another, indicating that implementations can differ between chip designs.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of implementations
Noun
  • 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
Definition of fulfillments
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“Perpetrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrations. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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