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execution

noun /ɛksəkjuʃən/ 4 syllables 9 letters Scrabble 18 WWF 21
Definitions
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putting a condemned person to death

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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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the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

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

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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

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unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

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the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

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