electrocutioner
Death row worker
One who electrocutes—particularly an executioner who carries out death sentences by electric chair.
The word is rare, appearing mainly in historical discussions of capital punishment or in figurative contexts: The state's electrocutioner had performed dozens of executions.
Sometimes used loosely for anyone who kills by electricity.
Housing for condemned prisoners
- capital punishmentExecution by legal authority
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- condemnedOfficially declared unfit
executioner · death sentence · Sing Sing · voltage · current · straps · electrodes · witness
Violent sudden disturbance
- joltAbrupt forceful shake
- currentDirected flow of charge
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- amperageElectrical flow quantity
conductor · circuit · arc · high-voltage · wiring · grounding · resistance · live wire
Electric chair's grim nickname
- EdisonProlific American inventor
- WestinghouseAmerican industrial inventor
- TopsyTurvy's chaotic companion
- death penaltyLegal execution for crimes
abolition · moratorium · 1890
death row
Housing for condemned prisoners
- capital punishmentExecution by legal authority
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
condemned · executioner · death sentence · Sing Sing · voltage · current · straps · electrodes · witness · warden
shock
Violent sudden disturbance
amperage · conductor · circuit · arc · high-voltage · wiring · grounding · resistance · live wire · power surge
Old Sparky
Electric chair's grim nickname
- EdisonProlific American inventor
- WestinghouseAmerican industrial inventor
- TopsyTurvy's chaotic companion
death penalty · abolition · moratorium · 1890
electrocutionerhangman
One who kills condemned
guillotiner · headsman · axeman · garrotter · beheader
electrocutionerlifesaver
Emergency rescue person
resuscitator · paramedic · emergency responder · trauma surgeon · ER doctor