putting a condemned person to death | the act of burning something |
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | execution by electricity |
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it | execution by fire |
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin |
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 | a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light |
(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 | pain that feels hot as if it were on fire |
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer | |