execute

Meanings

• kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
  • "In some states, criminals are executed"
• murder in a planned fashion
  • "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
• put in effect
  • "execute the decision of the people"
• carry out the legalities of
  • "execute a will or a deed"
• carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
  • "the computer executed the instruction"
• carry out or perform an action
  • "the skater executed a triple pirouette"
• sign in the presence of witnesses
  • "The President executed the treaty"

Synonyms

accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, do, fulfil, fulfill, perform, put to death, run