1
as in to enforce
to carry out effectively
the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws
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2
as in to perform
to carry through (as a process) to completion
when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher
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3
as in to assassinate
to put to death deliberately
during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed
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Recent Examples of execute
O'Donnell — a steadfast Trump critic who was born in 1962 in New York state — clapped back at the incendiary post on Saturday, using Instagram and TikTok to respond to the president's threat, which, according to a Harvard analysis, is not possible to execute on constitutional grounds.
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EW.com, 12 July 2025
The company carried out launch and landing tests last year, with one of the hops reaching around 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) in altitude before executing a powered descent and safe landing.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 12 July 2025
The Department of Homeland Security said authorities had executed criminal search warrants in Carpinteria and Camarillo on Thursday, arresting immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally and noting that there were at least 10 immigrant children on site.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
When a motorcade of DHS agents was executing a search warrant on the property, a massive gathering of protesters waving Mexican flags tried to intercept a part of the convoy by pelting some of the vehicles with rocks and shattering windshields in the process.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2025
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EW.com, 12 July 2025
The company carried out launch and landing tests last year, with one of the hops reaching around 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) in altitude before executing a powered descent and safe landing.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 12 July 2025
The Department of Homeland Security said authorities had executed criminal search warrants in Carpinteria and Camarillo on Thursday, arresting immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally and noting that there were at least 10 immigrant children on site.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
When a motorcade of DHS agents was executing a search warrant on the property, a massive gathering of protesters waving Mexican flags tried to intercept a part of the convoy by pelting some of the vehicles with rocks and shattering windshields in the process.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for execute
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Therefore, Woodard argues, her player contracts can’t be enforced against her.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 July 2025
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This is a fairly typical maneuver for NORAD jets enforcing temporary restrictions in the airspace around where the president is.—
Adeola Adeosun
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
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The military branch is slated to perform its first-ever refueling of a U.S. military asset in orbit as early as next summer.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
10 July 2025
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Jisoo, Lisa, Jennie, and Rosé of BLACKPINK perform at the Coachella Stage during the 2023 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 15, 2023 in Indio, California.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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Israel has also assassinated much of the terror organization’s top leadership.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
12 July 2025
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The judge presiding over the case of Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, has released a letter that the suspect sent to the court.—
Peter Aitken
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
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Cycling in Westport Westport’s entertainment district implemented security checkpoints and pedestrian-only streets on weekend evenings starting in 2018 in an attempt to deter late-night violent crime in the area.—
Nathan Pilling
Updated July 11,
Kansas City Star,
11 July 2025
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Hence, at least one practice twist DeVries hasn’t implemented before.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Since 2006, actor Michael C. Hall has embodied the methodical killer, with a code for only murdering bad people on Dexter, and the television universe has continued to shock viewers ever since.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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Paul Russell, president of the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, said tribal communities have for many years faced crises involving missing and murdered Indigenous persons without any advanced emergency systems to help locate those people.—
Chris Woodward,
The Washington Examiner,
11 July 2025
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However, its notoriety for slaying archeologists who came into contact with its long-dormant spores is still debated.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 June 2025
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But he wasn’t charged in that case for 10 months, and an arrest warrant wasn’t sought for Garcia Aquino until three days before Omar was slain.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
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Trump was elected to fulfill certain promises on immigration.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 July 2025
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The subpoenas are part of a coordinated effort between the Justice Department and the White House to fulfill President Donald Trump’s promises to curtail pediatric gender care.—
Azeen Ghorayshi,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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In that incident, a rooftop gunman fired at Trump from roughly 150 yards away, grazing his right ear and killing one attendee, Corey Comperatore, before Secret Service agents shot the attacker dead.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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The legislation didn’t kill Biden-era tax credits for manufacturers, as some had feared.—
Aarian Marshall,
Wired News,
11 July 2025
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“Execute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/execute. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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