executes
/EH1 K S AH0 K Y UW0 T S/verb
- 1
To kill as punishment for capital crimes.
“There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.”
- 2
To carry out; to put into effect.
“I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.”
- 3
To perform.
“to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly”
- 4
To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
“to execute a contract”
- 5
- 6
To run, usually successfully.
“The program executed, but data problems were discovered.”
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/execute, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/executes