electrocute

US: /ˌɪˈɫɛktɹəkˌjut/
UK: /ɪlˈɛktɹəkjˌuːt/


English Vietnamese dictionary


electrocute /i'lektrəkju:t/
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Advanced English dictionary


+ verb
[VN] [usually passive] to injure or kill sb by passing electricity through their body: The boy was electrocuted when he wandered onto a railway track. + James Roach was electrocuted in South Carolina in 1986 (= punished by being killed on the electric chair).
electrocution noun [U]: Six people were drowned; five died from electrocution. + He was sentenced to death by electrocution.