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murder, execution, slaying | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | |
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execution, instruction execution | [in computer_science] the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer | |
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execution, capital punishment, executing, death penalty | putting a condemned person to death | |
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implementation, execution, carrying out | the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | |
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execution, execution of instrument | [in 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 | |
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performance, execution, carrying into action, carrying out | the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it | |
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execution, writ of execution | [in law] 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 |