Tra từ execution - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

exe·cu·tion [execution executions] BrE [ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃn] NAmE [ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃn] noun
1. uncountable, countable the act of killing sb, especially as a legal punishment
•He faced execution by hanging for murder.
•Over 200 executions were carried out last year.
2. uncountable (formal)the act of doing a piece of work, performing a duty, or putting a plan into action
•He had failed in the execution of his duty.
•The idea was good, but the execution was poor.
•The company is liable for any damage caused by faulty execution of the building work.
3. uncountable (formal)skill in performing or making sth, such as a piece of music or work of art
•Her execution of the piano piece was perfect.
4. uncountable (law)the act of following the instructions in a legal document, especially those in sb's ↑will
•The solicitors are proceeding with the execution of her mother's will.
see a stay of execution at ↑stay _n.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin executio(n-), from exsequi ‘follow up, punish’, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.

Thesaurus:
execution noun U, C
•She faced execution by hanging for murder.
the death penalty • • capital punishment • • hanging • • gallows • • scaffold • • firing squad • • the electric chair • |AmE, informal the chair •
a public/mass execution/hanging
face execution/the death penalty/the firing squad/the electric chair/the chair
abolish/bring back the death penalty/capital punishment/hanging/the electric chair

Example Bank:
•Executions were carried out in the prison yard.
•Human rights organizations have accused the army of summary executions.
•If caught, the men could face execution.
•She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duties.
•She was taken prisoner and suffered eventual execution.
•The US Supreme Court refused to stay the execution.
•The army oversaw the trial and execution of the king.
•The court has discretion to stay or suspend execution of the order.
•The judge had granted a stay of execution.
•The tribunal ordered the execution of 42 coup plotters.
•a senator's request to suspend federal executions
•execution by hanging
•great ideas and flawless execution
•prisoners who are on death row awaiting execution
•proper execution of the exercise
•the Supreme Court decision to ban juvenile executions
•the hours before his scheduled execution
•the poor execution of the film
•the successful execution of the contract