electrocute

I just unboxed a panel and clambered onto my roof, praying I wouldn’t fall off or electrocute myself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Myers said he worries the high-voltage lines could spark wildfires or electrocute people operating farm machinery nearby.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

“Because you may, as a result, electrocute people working in the area,” such as crews restoring downed power lines, he said.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024

It starts with a spark, created from an organ called a skein that previously lay dormant, that gives girls, and then women, the power to electrocute at will.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

Perhaps if I shifted my body about so that the two nodes would come together—No, not only was there no room but it might electrocute me.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Is Mr. Baker dating Ms. Fox, who electrocutes him in “Bloody Valentine,” the first video from his next album.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2020

Look at the way he makes sure his henchman sees the joy buzzer in his hand: He wants everyone to share in the fun, except for the people he electrocutes.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2019

The problem: Pikachu doesn’t want to be owned, or put in a Pokéball, and electrocutes anybody who tries.

From The Verge ● Sep. 8, 2018

So if an enemy is coming toward Isaac, and there's a javelin bolt through the ground, you can use the alt fire and create an area effect that electrocutes them as they approach.

From The Guardian ● May 20, 2010

In one review on Amazon Marketplace, a user claimed the device "fell apart in their hands" and they "could have been electrocuted" if this had happened during use.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

“A lot of people are like, ‘I’m going to get electrocuted?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Forensics Laboratory, which analyzed 417 electrocuted raptors from 13 species between 2000 and 2015, nearly 80 percent were bald or golden eagles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025

"If I'd still been on the street, I wouldn't have been able to reach higher ground. There were lots of objects floating in the water. I could have been hit or even electrocuted."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

Near Ettumanoor they passed a dead temple elephant, electrocuted by a high tension wire that had fallen on the road.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

Abrams noted that Kubrick was inspired in part by Stanley Milgram, whose famous experiments based on the Holocaust determined whether people could be manipulated into electrocuting people to death through blind obedience to authority.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2024

Flea has the physique of a 20-something gym bro and a face that belongs on a coin, and he still plays his bass like he’s electrocuting himself with his own greatness.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022

Whereas a previous trailer for the movie featured jokes about electrocuting butts and how Mr. Mime is, well, a mime, the latest promotional video is 100% snark-free.

From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2019

“Silence for her is a force of nature, awe provoking, like lightning, capable of electrocuting us and of illuminating the night.”

From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2019

“I rule that out. We are not electrocuting two million dollars worth of robots to locate Nestor 10. There are other ways.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov