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electrocutioner

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ɪˌlɛktrəˈkjuʃənər /
    • /ɪˌlɛktrəˈkjuːʃənə /
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ɪˌlɛktrəˈkjuʃənər /

Definition of electrocutioner word

  • noun electrocutioner A person who carries out an execution by means of electricity. 1

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Parts of speech for Electrocutioner

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electrocutioner popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for electrocutioner

noun electrocutioner

  • hangman — a person who hangs criminals who are condemned to death; public executioner.
  • firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
  • garroter — a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
  • killer — a person or thing that kills.
  • strangler — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.

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