electrocute (electrocutes 3rd person present) (electrocuting present participle) (electrocuted past tense & past participle )
1 verb If someone is electrocuted, they are accidentally killed or badly injured when they touch something connected to a source of electricity.
Three people were electrocuted by falling power-lines... be V-ed
He accidentally electrocuted himself. V pron-refl
2 verb If a criminal is electrocuted, he or she is executed using electricity.
usu passive
He was electrocuted for a murder committed when he was 17. be V-ed
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electrocution (electrocutions plural) n-var
The court sentenced him to death by electrocution.