Meaning of carrying out | Babel Free

Definitions

present participle and gerund of carry out

form-of, gerund, participle, present

Examples

“In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.”

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