Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 13 compound words that contain execution. The most common are listed below. Open execution in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- execution timeThe amount of time required for a program or task to complete a single instruction on a computer system.
- writ of executiona court order authorising an officer to carry a judgment into execution.
- summary executionAn execution in which a person is accused of a crime and immediately killed without the benefit of a full and fair trial.
- execution unitPart of a processing unit that performs and calculates operations.
- execution unitsplural of execution unit: Part of a processing unit that performs and calculates operations.
- execution-styleResembling an execution; with the victim aware, but unable to defend themselves or resist.
- posthumous executionThe ritual desecration of the body of a dead person for punishment.
- writs of executionplural of writ of execution: a court order authorising an officer to carry a judgment into execution.
- execution cycleSynonym of instruction cycle: The steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and executing the instruction in question and updating the program counter.
- execution timesplural of execution time: The amount of time required for a program or task to complete a single instruction on a computer system.
- execution cyclesplural of execution cycle: The steps that a central processing unit undertakes in order to process a single instruction, consisting of fetching, decoding, and executing the instruction in question and updating the program counter.
Compound words 13
- electrocutionDeliberate execution by electric shock, usually involving an electric chair.
- inexecutionFailure to execute or carry out.
- executionaryRelating to execution
- malexecutionBad execution.
- postexecutionAfter execution (the government-sanctioned killing of a criminal).
- executionalRelating to the execution of an idea; putting something into practice.
- executionismA 16th-century political movement in the Kingdom of Poland and, later, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, seeking the revendication of public and state lands which were illegally held by various magnates.
- executionistA supporter of executionism.
- misexecutionFaulty or improper execution
- nonexecutionFailure to execute or perform.