electrocute

«electrocute» in Mova's school dictionary: to hurt or kill a person or animal with a strong electric… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (electrocute, electrocutes, electrocuted, electrocuting)

meaning for a pupil

To electrocute means to hurt or kill a person or animal with a strong electric shock. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and safety lessons, pupils learn not to touch plugs with wet hands, never to put fingers or objects into sockets, never to climb pylons, to stay far away from fallen power lines and to keep electrical things away from water. Phrases: be electrocuted, get electrocuted, risk of electrocution.

examples

• Never touch a plug with wet hands, or you could be electrocuted. tree →
• Stay away from power lines so you don't get electrocuted. tree →
• Don't use a hairdryer in the bath; you could be electrocuted. tree →
• A worker was electrocuted when he touched a live wire. tree →
• The sign on the substation warns: danger of being electrocuted. tree →
• Never fly a kite near power lines. tree →

note

Regular verb: electrocuted; noun: electrocution. Strictly, electrocuted means killed by electricity; people often use it to mean badly shocked. If someone is touching a live wire, don't touch them; switch off the power if safe and call the emergency number.

In the corpora

• Never use mains electrical things near a full bath or sink, because a device falling in can electrocute the person in the water.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «electrocute» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.