electrocute

I just unboxed a panel and clambered onto my roof, praying I wouldn’t fall off or electrocute myself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Myers said he worries the high-voltage lines could spark wildfires or electrocute people operating farm machinery nearby.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2025

“Because you may, as a result, electrocute people working in the area,” such as crews restoring downed power lines, he said.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024

It starts with a spark, created from an organ called a skein that previously lay dormant, that gives girls, and then women, the power to electrocute at will.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2023

Perhaps if I shifted my body about so that the two nodes would come together—No, not only was there no room but it might electrocute me.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Is Mr. Baker dating Ms. Fox, who electrocutes him in “Bloody Valentine,” the first video from his next album.

From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2020

Look at the way he makes sure his henchman sees the joy buzzer in his hand: He wants everyone to share in the fun, except for the people he electrocutes.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2019

The problem: Pikachu doesn’t want to be owned, or put in a Pokéball, and electrocutes anybody who tries.

From The Verge ● Sep. 8, 2018

So if an enemy is coming toward Isaac, and there's a javelin bolt through the ground, you can use the alt fire and create an area effect that electrocutes them as they approach.

From The Guardian ● May 20, 2010

“A lot of people are like, ‘I’m going to get electrocuted?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The father of a runner who died when he was electrocuted by a faulty power cable has said not enough is being done to prevent future fatalities.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026

Pilcher was working last June when one of these recent recruits was electrocuted while working on high-voltage overhead lights, from a scissor lift, without gloves or other required safety equipment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2025

A man was electrocuted Sunday as he was apparently trespassing on hospital property in Reseda, according to officials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025

His foul breath jolted me awake as surely as if I’d been electrocuted by sluggers.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

Three years before he demonstrated his creation, he had set up a laboratory in a bedroom in Hastings to experiment with mechanical television, but was evicted after electrocuting himself.

From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026

Abrams noted that Kubrick was inspired in part by Stanley Milgram, whose famous experiments based on the Holocaust determined whether people could be manipulated into electrocuting people to death through blind obedience to authority.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2024

In “What Will Be, Was,” Johnson acts traumatized, as though the music were whipping and electrocuting him.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022

Flea has the physique of a 20-something gym bro and a face that belongs on a coin, and he still plays his bass like he’s electrocuting himself with his own greatness.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2022

“I rule that out. We are not electrocuting two million dollars worth of robots to locate Nestor 10. There are other ways.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov