executed

Put into effect

Executed is the past tense of execute, which centers on carrying something through to completion.

A plan is executed when it's put into action.

A legal document is executed when it's signed and made official.

A computer executes commands by running them.

Most grimly, a person is executed when they're put to death as punishment: The state executed the prisoner at dawn.

Something well-executed is done skillfully.

implemented

performed

Did as required

enacted · deployed · launched · administered · operationalized · effected · instituted · initiated · activated · applied

legal

sentenced

Given punishment legally

verdict · prosecution · tribunal · trial · warrant · decree · judicial · lawful · sanction · ruling

killing

guillotine

Vertical beheading apparatus

condemned · executioner · scaffold · headsman · garrote · hemlock

precision

flawlessly

Without any defects

meticulously · precisely · expertly · seamlessly · impeccably · professionally · deftly · cleanly · surgically · accurately

documents

signed

Wrote one's name on

contracts · deeds · wills · agreements · instruments · formalized · authenticated · ratified · validated · affixed

Categories
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completion/implementation

executedabandoned

Left behind completely

aborted · unexecuted · neglected · shirked · ignored

LIFE/DEATH (capital punishment)

executedpardoned

Formally forgiven for offense

spared · alive · live · reprieved · commuted

quality of performance

executedbotched

Poorly executed, spoiled

bungled · fumbled · flubbed · mishandled · mangled

Phrases
Family

executive, execution, execute, executives, executing, executor, executes, executions, executable

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