Electrocute

(verb.) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; 'The serial killer was electrocuted'.

(verb.) kill by electric shock; 'She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted'.

校对:劳伦斯

• They were so placed that when a rat passed over them the fore feet on the one plate and the hind feet on the other completed the circuit and the rat departed this life, electrocuted. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• This automatic electrocuting device attracted so much attention, and got half a column in an evening paper, that the manager made me stop it. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

校对:马蒂