Executing and Operative

Executing

Executing noun - Putting a condemned person to death.

Operative and executing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Operative" instead an adjective "Executing".

Operative

Operative adjective - Being in effective operation.

Executing and operative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Executing" instead an adjective "Operative".

Both words in one sentence

  • Sociopathic Soldier Ewan McStarley, Vinnie Jones' character in The Condemned— an SAS operative who became a Condemned Contestant after setting fire to a Rwandan village, executing 17 men, raping 9 women, and torturing various others.
  • Pressure Point The Operative in Serenity does this to paralyze people preparatory to executing them with his sword.
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