execution
[noun]
Synonyms:
- carrying out, accomplishment, administration, enactment, enforcement, implementation, operation, performance, prosecution
- killing, capital punishment, hanging

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ex‧e‧cu‧tion /ˌeksəˈkjuːʃən, ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃən/ noun

1. [uncountable and countable] when someone is killed, especially as a legal punishment:
a public execution
The two men face execution (=they will be killed as a punishment).
Torture and summary execution (=execution without a trial or any legal process) are common.
He was granted a stay of execution (=delay in carrying out an execution).

2. [uncountable] formal a process in which you do something that has been carefully planned Synonym : implementation
execution of
the formulation and execution of urban policy

3. [uncountable] law the process of making sure that the instructions in a legal document are followed:
the execution of a will

4. [uncountable] formal the performance of a difficult action or movement

5. [uncountable] formal the process of producing something such as a painting, film, book etc, or the way it is produced:
art that is unusual in design and execution

6. [uncountable and countable] technical when you make a computer program work, or a command (=instruction) happen

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

execution
noun
I. killing sb as an official punishment
ADJ. public | mass | judicial | extrajudicial | summary | political | mock
VERB + EXECUTION order The tribunal ordered the execution of 42 coup plotters.
carry out Executions were carried out in the prison yard.
face If caught, the men could face execution.
await prisoners who are on death row awaiting execution
suffer (formal) She was taken prisoner and suffered eventual execution.
attend, watch, witness
EXECUTION + VERB take place A bell was tolled when executions took place.
PREP. ~ by execution by hanging
PHRASES a stay of execution (= a delay in an execution being carried out) The judge had granted a stay of execution.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

execution
II. carrying out a plan/order
ADJ. successful the successful execution of the contract
VERB + EXECUTION stay, suspend The court has discretion to stay or suspend execution of the order.
PHRASES the execution of your duty She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.
a stay of execution (= a delay in an order being carried out)

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

execution

carry out an execution
The order to carry out his execution was sent to the prison.
hold an execution (=carry one out)
The executions will be held later today.
face execution (=be due to be killed)
He is facing execution after being found guilty of murdering three women.
await execution (=wait to be killed)
The convicted men were moved to Virginia Penitentiary to await execution.
an execution takes place (=it happens)
In Elizabethan times, the execution of traitors took place on Tower Hill.
a public execution (=in a public place. with people watching)
Bethea's hanging on August 14, 1936 was the last public execution in America.
a mock execution (=one in which people pretend they are going to kill someone)
He had to endure torture and a mock execution.
summary execution (=one that is done immediately, without a trial or any legal process)
Protestors face summary execution.
a mass execution (=one in which many people are killed at the same time)
Eleven convicted murderers were hanged in what was the country's biggest ever mass execution.
a stay of execution (=the official stopping or delay of an execution)
He was granted a stay of execution by the Supreme Court.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲