Meaning of electrothanasia | Babel Free

Definitions

execution by electricity

archaic, rare, uncountable

Examples

“[…] there is a want⟳ of harmony between electrothanasia, as it takes place⟳, and the humane ideal of death by electricity as it seems to have⟳ been pictured in the minds of the promotors of the new law.”

“Electrothanasia is the new word which is proposed as a substitute for the bungling word “electrocution,” which does not express⟳ what it is used for, while the word suggested in place⟳ of it, though of Greek origin, expresses exactly what we mean⟳ when death is produced by electric action. At the same time it is a very ancient word for modern people to use⟳, and it is an open⟳ question⟳ whether it will be generally acceptable, should execution by electricity be commonly adopted.”

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