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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A method of capital punishment in which a lethal substance is injected into the person sentenced to death.
- noun An injection of a substance that causes death.
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- noun A means of
execution or ofeuthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs.
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