execute summarily
Frequency: 4.01.2 per million words
to kill someone as a punishment for a crime without a proper legal trial
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- The rebels were captured and summarily executed.
- The dictator ordered his political opponents to be summarily executed.
- During wartime, enemy spies were often summarily executed.
- The court martial found him guilty and he was summarily executed.
- Many dissidents were summarily executed without a fair trial.
- The captured soldiers were summarily executed by the enemy forces.
- In the heat of battle, prisoners could be summarily executed.
- The regime was known for having its critics summarily executed.
- He feared he would be summarily executed if caught.
- The historical accounts suggest that many were summarily executed for minor offenses.