No. 8,338 in Swedish
avrättat
"Avrättat" means "executed" in English, referring to carrying out a death sentence.
In a sentence
Han har avrättat sin plan för att bygga om huset.
He has executed his plan to renovate the house.
Here, "avrättat" is used metaphorically to mean carrying out or executing a plan effectively.
Den dömde personen blev avrättat enligt lagen.
The sentenced person was executed according to the law.
In this sentence, "avrättat" is employed in its literal meaning, indicating executing a person as a legal punishment.
De har avrättat idén, eftersom den inte var genomförbar.
They have executed the idea, as it was not feasible.
This usage of "avrättat" conveys the sense of dismissing or implementing closure to an idea metaphorically.
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