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How is the meaning executed different to the meaning murdered?
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∙ 13y ago
The difference is one of legality. Murder is a deliberate, illegal killing. Manslaughter is an accidental (or at least unintentional) killing. Execution means "to carry out orders", and has come to specifically mean carrying out orders to kill someone.
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