electrocute

Example Sentences

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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

Experts agree that most hyped-up “solutions,” such as citronella candles or torches, mosquito coils, zappers and mosquito lamps, are largely ineffective, because they only emit an odor or electrocute mosquitoes in a small area.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022

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