execute

Definition

  • verb: to kill (someone) especially as punishment for a crime
  • verb: to carry out fully
  • used of a computer program or routine
  • synonyms: finish, accomplish, consummate

Examples

  • He was captured, tried, and 'executed' for murder.

  • The quarterback 'executed' the play perfectly.

  • The pilot 'executed' an emergency landing.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) along with your fiendish puppet master. - Wow! - I know. Okay, watch this. She is a goner, dog. But green-eyed man has a plan... ...and soon he will execute it. Yeah and then he will execute her! Nice! I would super bark you both back into the hole you crawled out of... ...but I need you alive... (..)
    2008 Bolt