execution method
Means of killing
An execution method is a way of carrying out a death sentence.
Different jurisdictions have employed various methods throughout history: hanging, firing squad, electrocution, gas chamber, lethal injection.
The term appears in legal and policy discussions: The state changed its execution method after a botched lethal injection.
In technical contexts, execution method may refer to how a program or process is run.
- firing squadGroup executing by gunshot
- lethal doseAmount causing death
- ScrumIterative project management framework
- electric chairElectrocution execution device
- project managementOverseeing work toward goals
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execution methodpardon
Official release from punishment
clemency · commutation · reprieve · amnesty · life imprisonment
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Clinical action treating illness
emergency care · life support · CPR · defibrillation · surgical intervention
execution methodpardon
Official release from punishment
mercy · clemency · forgiveness · absolution · stay of execution
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