Execute
Proceed
Proceed verb - To move forward along a course.
Execute and proceed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Execute" instead a verb "Proceed".
Nearby Word: proceeding
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The natives then proceed to execute him in the traditional way, by inserting a fatal number of pineapples into his anus.
Source: Ass Shove -
Understandably, the twins are Not Happy when they discover the subterfuge, and proceed to execute their own version of Solomon's Judgment.
Source: Half the Man He Used to Be -
However, having learned the value of eliminating ideological enemies, they then proceed to try and execute Socrates.
Source: The Purge
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