亚洲网紅露点

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electrocute

[ ih-lek-truh-kyoot ]

verb (used with object)

electrocuted, electrocuting.
  1. to kill by electricity.
  2. to execute (a criminal) by electricity, as in an electric chair.
  3. to pass an electric current through; shock:

    The toaster burned my toast and then electrocuted me when I tried to unplug it.



electrocute

/ 瑟藞濒蓻办迟谤蓹藢办箩耻藧迟 /

verb

  1. to kill as a result of an electric shock
  2. to execute in the electric chair
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 别藢濒别肠迟谤辞藞肠耻迟颈辞苍, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 别路濒别肠路迟谤辞路肠耻路迟颈辞苍 [ih-lek-tr, uh, -, kyoo, -sh, uh, n], noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of electrocute1

An Americanism first recorded in 1885鈥90; electro- + (exe)cute
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of electrocute1

C19: from electro- + (exe)cute
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"The oppression units would bring dogs, sticks and stun guns, they would electrocute and beat us," he said.

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鈥淚 walked into the facility healthy and feeling fine, and within 24 hours I became severely ill. I had severe burning in my face, tremors, twitching; I felt like I was being electrocuted.鈥

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A man was electrocuted Sunday as he was apparently trespassing on hospital property in Reseda, according to officials.

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He was electrocuted how many times, and shot how many times, and died how many times and all that.

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A man installing Christmas lights in a tree in San Diego County was electrocuted and killed Thursday, according to authorities.

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