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execution, putting to death
The carrying out of a death sentence. Used in legal, historical, and journalistic contexts.
死刑囚が処刑された。
The death row inmate was executed.
歴史上、多くの人が公開処刑された。
Throughout history, many people were publicly executed.
その独裁者は政治犯を裁判なしで処刑した。
The dictator executed political prisoners without trial.
A serious, formal term used in legal, historical, and news contexts. As a する verb, it takes the form 処刑する (to execute).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 処刑される (be executed)
- 公開処刑 (public execution)
- 処刑方法 (method of execution)
- 処刑場 (execution ground)