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execution: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"; putting a condemned person to death; a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out; (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable; (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

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carry out collapse

enforcement collapse: the act of enforcing; insuring observance of or obedience to

implementation collapse: the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect

capital punishment collapse

electrocution collapse: killing by electric shock; execution by electricity

glissando collapse: a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale; (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please"

slaying collapse

mercy killing collapse

pull off collapse: cause to withdraw; "We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"; be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

euthanasia collapse: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

heeding collapse

eminent domain collapse: the right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made

impressment collapse

crucifixion collapse: the infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering; the act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world; the victim's hands and feet are bound or nailed to a cross; the death of Jesus on the cross

hemlock collapse: an evergreen tree; soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock; large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous; poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; "Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock"

bring off collapse

bloodletting collapse: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

moratorium collapse: suspension of an ongoing activity; a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

completion collapse: a concluding action; (American football) a successful forward pass in football

fingering collapse: touching something with the fingers; the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument

functioning collapse: performing or able to perform its regular function; "a functioning flashlight"

nationalization collapse: changing something from private to state ownership or control; the action of rendering national in character; the action of forming or becoming a nation

extermination collapse: the act of exterminating

feat collapse

put across collapse

garnishment collapse: a court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee

bring to pass collapse

stoning collapse: pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death)

attainment collapse: arrival at a new stage; "his attainment of puberty was delayed by malnutrition"; the act of achieving an aim; "the attainment of independence"

punishment collapse: the act of punishing

workings collapse

fulfillment collapse: the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc); a feeling of satisfaction at having achieved your desires

immolation collapse: killing or offering as a sacrifice

gallows collapse: an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which a condemned person is executed by hanging

hot seat collapse: a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism

garrote collapse: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation; strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

fait accompli collapse: an irreversible accomplishment

time lag collapse

performing collapse

red tape collapse

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