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Definition of Electrocuted
1. electrocute [v] - See also: electrocute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrocuted
Literary usage of Electrocuted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anarchists, Their Faith and Their Record, Including Sidelights on the by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1911)
"... for signs of Insanity—His Trial and Conviction—He is sentenced to be
electrocuted—His last Statements—The Process of Electrocution—The Body destroyed by ..."
2. Report by Industrial Commission of Ohio, Dept. of Investigation and Statistics (1915)
"electrocuted. (1) Using electric drill in making repairs on machine. ...
electrocuted by grasping a chain used for raising and lowering a street lamp, ..."
3. The American Library Annual: Including Index to Dates of Current Events (1915)
"J. McKenna who strangled - yr. old boy in Bronx in 1912, executed, Ossin- H:
Spencer executed, Wheaton, 111. Jos. Toth electrocuted for killing Michael ..."
4. Special bulletin by New York (State). Dept. of Labor (1915)
"electrocuted by accidental contact with live wire at top of pole. Killed instantly
by contact witli Uve wire while standing orí cross-arrn. ..."
5. Common Science by Carleton Wolsey Washburne (1920)
"Why a bird is not electrocuted when it sits on a live wire. If a man accidentally
touches a live wire that carries a strong current of electricity he is ..."
6. Annual Report of the Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of by Pennsylvania Public Service Commission, Pennsylvania (1917)
"Duquesne Light Company—4 employees electrocuted ; 3 employees injured. ...
Lehigh Valley Light & Power Company—1 employee electrocuted; 1 employee injured. ..."
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