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   electrocute

   /ɪˈlɛktrəkjuːt/

   verb

   • 1. injure or kill (someone) by electric shock: "a man was electrocuted on the rail track"

   Word Origin late 19th century (first used with reference to execution in the electric chair): from electro-, on the pattern of execute.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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