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execute

verb
  1. sign in the presence of witnesses
    “The President executed the treaty”
  2. put in effect
    action
  3. carry out or perform an action
    do
  4. kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
    “In some states, criminals are executed”
    put to death
  5. murder in a planned fashion
    “The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed”
  6. carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
    run
  7. carry out the legalities of
    “execute a will or a deed”