0 to kill someone as a legal punishment:
He was executed for murder.
1 to do or perform something, especially in a planned way:
3 to kill someone as a legal punishment
5 to make a computer program or instruction work:
6 to be successful with your business plans:
8 to deal with a dead person's money, property, etc. according to the instructions in their will
A convicted murderer was executed in North Carolina yesterday.
Guy Fawkes was executed for treason after he took part in a plot to blow up the British Parliament building.
Anyone caught trying to escape from the prison camp would be executed on the spot.
A firing squad was ordered to take the prisoners to a nearby clearing and execute them.