Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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assassination | Yes | No | No | No |
execution | Yes | No | No | No |
assassination (noun) | execution (noun) |
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murder of a public figure by surprise attack | putting a condemned person to death |
an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it | |
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | |
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 | |
(law) 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 | |
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer |