electrocute

Example Sentences

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While being electrocuted by 630 volts, Tegan was "saved from death" by her £40 rubber boots and the man who reached off the platform to pull her to safety.

From BBC

The agency said four died after being trapped in flooded buildings, one was electrocuted, one person was found under the wreckage of a bus stop and another died in a landslide.

From BBC

Electricity has been suspended for hours or days to prevent exposed wires from coming into contact with water in the streets and electrocuting people.

From New York Times

“I was dragged from the front of the police line, pulled into the crowd, and violently beaten and electrocuted with a stun gun,” he said.

From Washington Post

"I tried to get myself up but I was getting electrocuted. I don't know how to describe that feeling, I felt it through my whole body."

From BBC