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Definition of Electrocutes
1. electrocute [v] - See also: electrocute
Lexicographical Neighbors of Electrocutes
Literary usage of Electrocutes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. 57 Ways to Protect Your Home Environment (& Yourself) by Rick Weinzierl (1999)
"Using lights to attract insects One fairly common strategy is to use lights to
lure insects into a device that electrocutes them—"bug zappers. ..."
2. John Byrne & Co.'s Quiz Book on Criminal Law and Procedure by Frederick Stansbury Tyler (1916)
"The death warrant is in the hands of the sheriff, who electrocutes X. Is any
offense committed? A. Yes; the sheriff is guilty of murder unless he executes ..."
3. Pentecostal Papers: Or, The Gift of the Holy Ghost by Samuel Ashton Keen (1895)
"The baptism with the Holy Ghost and fire electrocutes the old man sin by a
lightning stroke that leaves not a vestige or a taint of his uncleanness in the ..."
4. The Dramatist, a Journal of Dramatic Technology by Luther Anthony, B., Luther B. Anthony (1919)
"The law mechanically electrocutes. There is undoubtedly a play in these materials,
and a very good one, but in his effort to flaunt a newly discovered ..."
5. School Administration Progress of Twenty-five Years, 1891-1916 (1916)
"... water as it leaves the filter by the use of hypochloride of lime or the
ultraviolet rays of an electric lamp which effectually electrocutes the germs. ..."
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