electrocute

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They include footage of cats being drowned and electrocuted.

From BBC

A man who Edison said was attempting to steal equipment had climbed the pole and been electrocuted, according to commission documents.

From Los Angeles Times

A man fleeing from police was electrocuted and then hit by a London Underground train which was searching for him, his inquest has heard.

From BBC

In April, a resident reported multiple birds were possibly electrocuted by a power line in the unincorporated area of Richmond, northeast of San Francisco, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office.

From Los Angeles Times

But Human Rights Watch interviewed the families of 31 workers from Bangladesh, India and Nepal who fell from heights, were crushed or decapitated by heavy machinery or were electrocuted.

From BBC