Synonyms for electro cute
- assassinate
- drown
- execute
- get
- hit
- massacre
- murder
- poison
- slaughter
- slay
- wipe out
- annihilate
- asphyxiate
- crucify
- dispatch
- dump
- electrocute
- eradicate
- erase
- exterminate
- extirpate
- finish
- garrote
- guillotine
- hang
- immolate
- liquidate
- lynch
- neutralize
- obliterate
- off
- sacrifice
- smother
- snuff
- strangle
- suffocate
- waste
- zap
- X-out
- do away with
- do in
- polish off
- put away
- put to death
- rub out
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Antonyms for electro cute
- bear
- create
- fail
- give birth
- leave
- lose
- miss
- save
- build
- construct
- free
- help
- hold
- keep
- let go
- loose
- maintain
- preserve
- start
- begin
- initiate
- turn on
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WORD ORIGIN
"execute by electricity," 1889, American English, from electro- + back half of execute. The method first was used Aug. 6, 1890, in New York state, on William Kemmler, convicted of the murder of his common-law wife. Sense involving accidental death is first recorded 1909. Electric chair is also first recorded 1889, which is when the first one was introduced in New York state as a humane alternative to hanging. Related: Electrocuted; electrocuting.
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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