Collocations for "execute"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "execute" in context.
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execute
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- execute a [prisoner, murderer, traitor]
- the [prisoner] was executed by [lethal injection]
- executed by [lethal injection, firing squad, hanging]
- executed in the electric chair
- [ordered, sent, sentenced] to be executed
- executed at [dawn, night, the prison]
- execute a [plan, command, program, query]
- execute (it) by [pressing, typing, selecting]
- execute [the will, an operation, her plan]
- executed [calmly, smoothly, well, swiftly, poorly, badly, awkwardly]
- execute a [triple Lutz, double backflip, handstand]
- executed with [style, elegance, aplomb]
'execute' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):