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'execution' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'execution' with 2 example sentences.


execution noun

: putting a condemned person to death

: the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

: (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

: (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable

: a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out

: the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

: unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being


  • A stay of execution was ordered at the eleventh hour.
  • Until then, we are postponing the execution.
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