Crossword-Solution: ELECTROCUTE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Electrocute | v. t. | To execute or put to death by electricity. -- E*lec`tro*cu"tion, n. [Recent; Newspaper words] |
We have 5 clues for the answer “ELECTROCUTE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Shock, maybe | 1 answer |
| Electrify | 43 answers |
| execute | 58 answers |
| Kill | 61 answers |
| Shock | 80 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REETA
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ELECTROCUTE (5)
And, unless the just anger of the Republic is at last going to electrocute journalists for writing like that, I don’t quite see why it should interest you either.” “Ah!” said Mr Usher dryly, and handing across another scrap of newspaper.
They would electrocute me in New York--for slaying the man who--have you heard me tell what happened to my mother, before my very eyes? Well--that man came to America, and I slew him!" "Why did you leave Armenia in the first place?" asked Gloria, for he seemed to need pricking along to prevent him from getting off the track into a maze of silent memory.
The object was to deter evildoers by surrounding the penalty with scientific horror, [Footnote: Hence also the new lingual atrocity, the word "electrocute," derived from "execute" by decapitation and the addition of "electro"] and the idea had its origin in the accidents which formerly occurred much more frequently than now.
Didn't they prove that I was guilty? Yes, they proved it, and I must--must-- Will they hang me or electrocute me? I wonder how it feels to be hung or electrocuted?" She gave a hollow, bitter laugh.
And the blood! Oh, I must get away, or they will hang me, or electrocute me!" Five minutes more and the rowboat came to grief on some rocks close to the side of the stream.
Quotes with ELECTROCUTE (3)
Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled “enemy?
What obsession do men have for destruction and murder? Who do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled 'enemy?
I would like to electrocute everyone who uses the word 'fair' in connection with income tax policies.
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Appears in: Slate.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2024).