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
• S: (v) kill (cause the death of, without intention) "She was killed in the collision of three cars"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) electrocute (kill by electric shock) "She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted"
• verb group
• 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
• phrasal verb
• W: (v) kill off [Related to: kill] (kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many) "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) kill (deprive of life) "AIDS has killed thousands in Africa"
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Something ----s somebody
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Something ----s somebody
• S: (v) electrocute, fry (kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair) "The serial killer was electrocuted"