noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
extrajudicial
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Allegations of extrajudicial execution and torture, one death in custody under torture, continue unabated.
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Colleagues fear her killing was an extrajudicial execution carried out by the security forces.
mass
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Frankish soldiers commit a terrible mass execution of defiant Saxons at Verden.
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She came across the fact that Abraham Lincoln had, in 1862, ordered the mass execution of thirty-eight Sioux.
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Stalin conducted mass purges, executions and forced deportations of many ethnic groups.
public
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But it was when public executions took place that Charles-Henri's skills brought the crowds to watch and applaud.
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Reports of inhuman treatment, torture, and public execution for failure to conform with Kimism were rife.
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She made it sound like a public execution , Christina thought.
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As a result, this public execution was among the most private in California history.
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It can be argued that Monsieur Guillotin was the true founder of democracy by eliminating class distinction in public executions .
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It is an odd feeling, knowing that soon you will witness a public execution .
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Hangings were henceforth carried out behind prison walls; the public spectacle which executions had provided came to an end.
summary
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Their leaders outside the jails issue orders that have to be obeyed on pain of summary execution .
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The conservatives and their newspapers took this occasion to denounce Arista for the summary execution of a political offender.
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Further macabre details of summary executions , including the use of dynamite to dismember prisoners, are expected to be released soon.
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The results were fairly similar to 1967: two summary executions and one piece of major surgery.
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Much ill-feeling was vented out on former collaborators, many of whom faced summary execution before government authority was fully established.
■ NOUN
date
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Kirkpatrick is one of only two Death Row inmates who has an execution date .
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The execution dates are expected to be set for mid-April to late May.
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McVeigh had one month after his execution date was set to file a clemency petition.
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Bureau of Prisons set the execution date Jan. 16 after he dropped all appeals.
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John Wayne Gacy, who tortured and murdered dozens of young men, was engaged when his execution date arrived.
■ VERB
await
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Let us compare the sets in El delincuente honrado and La conjuracion de Venecia, when both protagonists await their execution .
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At the end of March 1990 there were an estimated 277 prisoners awaiting execution in California.
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Garza, 43, is among 21 people awaiting federal execution .
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The 47 death row inmates awaiting execution for crimes they committed as minors reflect a 39 percent increase since 1983.
delay
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At the same time, Republicans lawmakers have argued that these petitions in most instances were frivolous attempts to delay executions .
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Such an appeal could delay the execution for years, legal experts agree.
face
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A military band is deemed necessary and is to form up facing the scene of execution .
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Graham faces execution on June 22.
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Two-thirds of those states that retain the death penalty allow children to face execution .
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Much ill-feeling was vented out on former collaborators, many of whom faced summary execution before government authority was fully established.
lead
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At sunrise on 19 January 1977 he was led to the execution shed.
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Soon the prisoners are led past for execution , and Sis.
order
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Women are taking command of organised crime: negotiating syndicate structures, mapping strategy, clinching deals and ordering executions .
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When the king was informed of Thomas' actions, he ordered the execution of the apostle.
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The Shah could then have denounced them and ordered their arrest and execution .
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Santacruz also reportedly ordered the execution of crusading anti-drug journalist Manuel de Dios Unanue in 1992.
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The Führer had ordered all such executions to be recorded on film.
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She came across the fact that Abraham Lincoln had, in 1862, ordered the mass execution of thirty-eight Sioux.
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He ordered them out to execution on the instant, and it was done.
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Maxmian ordered the execution of every tenth man, which proved to be an ineffective deterrent.
stay
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He had petitioned the court to stay his execution pending review.
watch
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He would watch an execution or a flogging with evident enjoyment.
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Raymo watched a number of executions .
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The 40,000 people crammed on to its terraces on May 9 had come to watch an execution .
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Inside the witness room of the death chamber, the mood was somber among the people allowed to watch the execution .
witness
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Benjamin remained locked in the sombre mood which had dogged him since he had witnessed Buckingham's execution .
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They were the first Texans to witness the execution of their loved ones' killer.
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A thousand people, mostly men, gathered around the grate one day last spring to witness a double execution .
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Those friends, who were not identified, were invited by Bonin to witness the execution .
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I will write about witnessing the execution in a special Saturday column.
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Ramos said Bonin invited five guests to witness the execution , but their identities are being withheld.
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Felicity was forced to witness each execution , then was beheaded.
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It is an odd feeling, knowing that soon you will witness a public execution .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stay an order/ruling/execution etc
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Rivals got a stay order from the courts, though after a backroom deal in mid-March the government got its way.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Davis' execution on his last jump was perfect.
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Many of Dali's paintings are witty in design and execution .
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The execution has been delayed one month.
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the execution of a search warrant
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And it was just the same when it came to executions.
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Despite the disparity in execution the result is surprisingly similar.
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He had petitioned the court to stay his execution pending review.
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Militants had also violated humanitarian standards with summary executions, kidnappings and assaults against civilians.
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Once those processes are specifically defined, disciplined execution is the next vital ingredient.
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The first recorded execution in the town's register is that of Richard Bentley of Sowerby on 20 March 1541.