executes

VERB

kill

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assassinate behead hang murder shoot

STRONG

electrocute eliminate finish gas guillotine liquidate purge

WEAK

bump off do in knock off put away put to death

Antonyms

STRONG

create keep maintain

WEAK

abandon bear disregard fail forget ignore leave miss neglect shirk

VERB

carry out a task

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplish complete deal with do enact enforce implement meet perform prosecute pull off take care of

STRONG

achieve act administer administrate cause consummate discharge effect finish fulfill govern hit percolate play realize render score transact

WEAK

bring off bring to fruition come through do the job do the trick do to a T earn wings get there hack it make it polish off put into effect put over put through sail through take care of business

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abandon cancel cease fail forget give up halt hinder miss neglect prevent stop

STRONG

deny ignore keep lose refuse

WEAK

bear create disregard leave shirk

Example Sentences

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The young executants are all officially admirable; but the choreography presents them as stuffed shirts.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2016

As the steps grow showier, the executants change from children to adults and so to stars.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2014

Ms. Smirnoff and Mr. Chmerkovskiy, who are among the show’s least stylish tango executants, may well be its freest spirits.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2013

"We are the executants of monetary and exchange policy," he said.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jaques Dalcroze There are, roughly speaking, three classes of interpreters in Music: performers or executants, composers, and teachers.

From Spirit and Music by Hunt, H. Ernest