electrocute

Example Sentences

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He was electrocuted how many times, and shot how many times, and died how many times and all that.

From Salon

A man installing Christmas lights in a tree in San Diego County was electrocuted and killed Thursday, according to authorities.

From Los Angeles Times

Political implications: Social Security is so popular among voters that it’s most often compared to the third rail of a subway track — the one that gets you electrocuted if you touch it.

From Los Angeles Times

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

“They would tie me to a chair and rotate it very fast. Often, they threatened to electrocute me. They asked why I was criticising Ms Hasina,” Mr Chakma says.

From BBC