| noun | putting a condemned person to death |
| noun | the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it “they criticised his performance as mayor” |
| noun | (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer |
| noun | (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 |
| noun | 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 |
| noun | the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order “the agency was created for the implementation of the policy” |
| noun | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
| executioner | noun | an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant |
| execute | verb | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment |
| perform | verb | carry out or perform an action |
| implement | verb | pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue |
| murderous | adjective | characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being |
| murder | verb | kill intentionally and with premeditation |
| slay | verb | kill intentionally and with premeditation |