Associations to the word «Electrocution»

Wiktionary

ELECTROCUTION, noun. The accidental death or suicide by electric shock.
ELECTROCUTION, noun. Deliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair.
ELECTROCUTION, noun. (informal) (deprecated) A severe electric shock, whether fatal or not.

Dictionary definition

ELECTROCUTION, noun. Execution by electricity.
ELECTROCUTION, noun. Killing by electric shock.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats