e‧lec‧tro‧cute /ɪˈlektrəkjuːt/ verb [transitive usually passive]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: electro- + execute]

1. British English if someone is electrocuted, they are injured or killed by electricity passing through their body:
Last week a housewife was electrocuted by her washing machine.

2. to kill someone using electricity
—electrocution /ɪˌlektrəˈkjuːʃən/ noun [uncountable]

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