electrocute

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1)  To kill by electric shock.
 * 2)  To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair.
 * 3)  To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon.
 * 1)  To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon.
 * 1)  To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon.
 * 1)  To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon.

Usage notes

 * Formally, the words electrocute and electrocution always imply fatality. Informally, however, these terms are rather often used to refer to serious but nonfatal electric shocks. Standard usage is to reserve electrocute and electrocution for fatal electric shocks, and to use shock or electric shock for nonfatal ones.
 * Originally, electrocute and electrocution specifically referred only to judicial execution by electric shock. However, electrocute and electrocution are now used to refer to all fatal electric shocks, even those not used in execution.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: popravit na elektrickém křesle;  zabít elektrickým proudem
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: teloittaa sähkötuolissa;  kuolla sähköiskuun
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German: auf dem elektrischen Stuhl hinrichten;  durch Stromschlag töten
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: חישמל
 * Italian:
 * Luxembourgish: elektrocutéieren
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: казни́ть на электри́ческом сту́ле, уби́ть то́ком
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: antaa sähköisku
 * Russian: бить то́ком, уда́рить то́ком