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• putting a condemned person to death

  synonym	capital punishmentdeath penaltyexecuting
  derivation	executeexecutioner
  hypernym	corporal punishment
  hyponym	beheadingburningburningburning at the stakecrucifixiondecapitationelectrocutionhanging

• unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

  synonym	murderslaying
  derivation	execute
  hypernym	homicide
  hyponym	assassinationbloodshedbutcherycarnagecontract killingdry-gulchingeliminationfilicidefratricidegorehitinfanticideliquidationlynchingmariticidemass murdermassacreparricideregicideshoot-downslaughterthuggeetyrannicideuxoricide

• the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

  synonym	carrying into actioncarrying outperformance
  derivation	execute
  hypernym	action
  hyponym	linguistic performancemechanicsmechanismofficiationspecific performance

• the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

  synonym	carrying outimplementation
  derivation	execute
  hypernym	enforcement

• 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

  synonym	writ of execution
  domain topic	jurisprudencelaw
  hypernym	court order

• (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

  synonym	execution of instrument
  derivation	execute
  domain topic	jurisprudencelaw
  hypernym	subscription

• (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

  synonym	instruction execution
  domain topic	computer sciencecomputing
  holo part	data processing
  hypernym	physical processprocess
  hyponym	batch processingconcurrent executionmultiprogramming