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submitted 1 year ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kinda redundant to say "electrocuted to death "

[–] toastio@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Could have just been injured. Electrocution doesn't always mean death.

According to Miriam-Webster, the definition of electrocuted is:

to kill or severely injure by electric shock

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

It did until people kept misusing it like this.

It's a combination of electricity and execution. If you survived you were just shocked. If you died you were electrocuted.