Verb

• S: (v) execute (execute%2:41:00::), put to death (put_to_death%2:41:00::) (kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment) "In some states, criminals are executed"
• S: (v) execute (execute%2:41:01::) (murder in a planned fashion) "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
• verb group
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) carry through (carry_through%2:36:00::), accomplish (accomplish%2:36:00::), execute (execute%2:36:00::), carry out (carry_out%2:36:00::), action (action%2:36:00::), fulfill (fulfill%2:36:00::), fulfil (fulfil%2:36:00::) (put in effect) "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
• S: (v) execute (execute%2:41:03::) (carry out the legalities of) "execute a will or a deed"
• S: (v) run (run%2:41:00::), execute (execute%2:41:04::) (carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine) "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
• S: (v) perform (perform%2:36:00::), execute (execute%2:36:01::), do (do%2:36:01::) (carry out or perform an action) "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
• S: (v) execute (execute%2:32:00::) (sign in the presence of witnesses) "The President executed the treaty"