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What does electrocution mean?

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Noun
  1. The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
  2. Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair.
  3. (informal, deprecated) A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not.
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The danger that lurks within these museum pieces cannot be overstressed, with the possibility of fire, electrocution or both.
I raced out of the kitchen, risking electrocution by attacking the television in my dripping rubber gloves.
Methods of execution in those countries included hanging, shooting, beheading, stoning, electrocution and lethal injection.
He witnessed the fatal electrocution of a tradesman, and saw at a very early age just how dangerous the workplace could be.
They fear this peaceful drug dealer and, because of this fear, they want him to die by the chair of electrocution.
For instance, why is the barbarism of state-sponsored electrocution still acceptable?

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