executions

Noun

• putting a condemned person to death
• the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
• (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
• (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
• 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
• the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
• unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
• plural of execution

Synonyms

capital punishment, carrying into action, carrying out, death penalty, executing, execution, execution of instrument, implementation, instruction execution, murder, performance, slaying, writ of execution