0 to kill someone as a legal punishment -- （依法）处决，处死
He was executed for murder. 他因犯谋杀罪被处死。
1 to do or perform something, especially in a planned way -- （尤指有计划地）实施，履行，表演
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.
