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summary executions

summary executions is the plural of summary execution.

Meaning of summary execution

Noun

summary execution (plural summary executions)

  1. An execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without the benefit of a full and fair trial.
    • It was a wonder that he had not been a victim of the ferocious and summary executions which marked the course of that tyranny; for Guzman had ruled the country with the sombre imbecility of political fanaticism.1904 January 29 – October 7, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard, London; New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], published 1904, →OCLC

Questions about summary executions

What is summary executions the plural of?
Summary executions is the plural of summary execution.

Words near summary executions in the dictionary

  1. summary court-martials
  2. summary diligence
  3. summary dismissal
  4. summary dismissals
  5. summary execution
  6. summary executions
  7. summary judgment
  8. summary judgments
  9. summary jurisdiction
  10. summary offence
  11. summary offences

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