lethal injection

Noun

Meaning

lethal injection (countable and uncountable, plural lethal injections)

A means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

execution crucifixion beheading decapitation strangulation impalement capital punishment electrocution strangling gassing guillotining contract killing

Examples

Nineteen percent of doctors say that they'd be able to give their patients a lethal injection. But they also went on to say that the patient would have to be really, really behind on payments. Jay Leno

Close letter words and terms

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