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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Examples (10)

  • 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.