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electrocute

/ɪˈlɛktɹəkjuːt/

electrocute verb: to kill by electric shock.

Verb

electrocute (third-person singular simple present electrocutes, present participle electrocuting, simple past and past participle electrocuted)

  1. (transitive) To kill by electric shock.
    • Her hairdryer fell into the tub while she was bathing, and she was electrocuted.
  2. (transitive) To execute by electric shock, often by means of an electric chair.
    • The executioner threw the switch on Old Sparky, and the condemned prisoner was electrocuted for his crimes.
    Synonyms:
    fry
  3. (informal, proscribed, transitive) To inflict a severe electric shock (not necessarily fatal) upon.
    Synonyms:
    electrify, shock, tase, zap

electrocute meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

electrocute in Tamil

மின்ஆற்றல்பாய்ந்துஉயிரிழப்பு

electrocute in Malayalam

വിദ്യുച്ഛക്തിയാൽ വധശിക്ഷ നടപ്പിലാക്കുക, വൈദ്യുതാഘാതംകൊണ്ട് കൊല്ലുക

electrocute in Kannada

ಮಿಂಚಿಕ್ಕು

Synonyms of electrocute

All synonyms of electrocute

Forms of electrocute

third-person singular presentelectrocutes
present participleelectrocuting
past participleelectrocuted
pastelectrocuted

Past tense of electrocute: electrocuted

Origin of electrocute

Blend of electro- + execute, after electrocution.

Words formed from electrocute

Questions about electrocute

What does electrocute mean?
Electrocute means to kill by electric shock.
What is electrocute in Tamil?
Electrocute in Tamil is மின்ஆற்றல்பாய்ந்துஉயிரிழப்பு. See Electrocute meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is electrocute?
Electrocute is a verb.
How do you pronounce electrocute?
Electrocute is pronounced /ɪˈlɛktɹəkjuːt/.
What is the past tense of electrocute?
The past tense of electrocute is electrocuted.

Words near electrocute in the dictionary

  1. electroculogram
  2. electroculograms
  3. electroculture
  4. electrocutaneous
  5. electrocutaneously
  6. electrocute
  7. electrocuted
  8. electrocuter
  9. electrocuters
  10. electrocutes
  11. electrocuting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: electrocute (page history and authors); electrocute (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); electrocute (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); electrocute (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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