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Collocations for execute - verb

1. kill sb as an official punishment

ADVERB

summarily
illegally
publicly
wrongly
innocent people who are wrongly executed

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PREPOSITION

as
He was executed as a martyr to his Catholic faith.
for
He was executed for treason.

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2. perform/carry out sth

ADVERB

beautifully, boldly, brilliantly, cleanly, flawlessly, neatly, perfectly, properly, skilfully/skillfully, successfully, superbly (esp. BrE), well
The movement was beautifully executed.
The second goal was superbly executed.
carefully, meticulously
a carefully executed and well-presented study
faithfully (law, esp. AmE)
I swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States.
badly, poorly

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PHRASES

duly executed (law, BrE)
The agreement had been duly executed.

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Execute is used with these nouns as the object:
campaign, code, command, contract, document, drawing, duty, exercise, hostage, instruction, manoeuvre, mission, move, movement, murderer, order, painting, plan, play, prisoner, program, step, strategy, tackle, turn, U-turn, warrant, will

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