verb
1 kill sb as an official punishment
ADVERB
▪ summarily
▪ illegally
▪ publicly
▪ wrongly
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innocent people who are wrongly ~d
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
He was ~d as a martyr to his Catholic faith.
▪ for
▪
He was ~d for treason.
2 perform/carry out sth
ADVERB
▪ beautifully , boldly , brilliantly , cleanly , flawlessly , neatly , perfectly , properly , skilfully/skillfully , successfully , superbly ( esp. BrE ), well
▪
The movement was beautifully ~d.
▪
The second goal was superbly ~d.
▪ carefully , meticulously
▪
a carefully ~d and well-presented study
▪ faithfully ( law , esp. AmE )
▪
I swear that I will faithfully ~ the office of President of the United States.
▪ badly , poorly
PHRASES
▪ duly ~d ( law , BrE )
▪
The agreement had been duly ~d.
Execute is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ campaign , ↑ code , ↑ command , ↑ contract , ↑ document , ↑ drawing , ↑ duty , ↑ exercise , ↑ hostage , ↑ instruction , ↑ manoeuvre , ↑ mission , ↑ move , ↑ movement , ↑ murderer , ↑ order , ↑ painting , ↑ plan , ↑ play , ↑ prisoner , ↑ program , ↑ step , ↑ strategy , ↑ tackle , ↑ turn , ↑ U-turn , ↑ warrant , ↑ will