Verb

• S: (v) electrocute (kill by electric shock) "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) electrocution [Related to: electrocute] (killing by electric shock)
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• S: (v) electrocute, fry (kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair) "The serial killer was electrocuted"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (v) kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly) "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
• verb group
• direct troponym / full troponym
• cause
• S: (v) die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life) "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
• phrasal verb
• derivationally related form
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• derivationally related form
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