perpetrations

noun

plural of perpetration
as in executions
the doing of an action the perpetration of a series of pranks that resulted in an expulsion from school

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  1. executions
  2. accomplishments
  3. implementations
  4. fulfillments
Noun
  • Nationwide, a total of 21 executions have been carried out so far this year, including Thursday's, and nearly a dozen more are scheduled, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • If the Tennessee and Alabama deaths take place, six states will have had executions in 2026.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of executions
Noun
  • And they have been pressed in combat -- the number of missions, the accomplishments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The Fishback file James Fishback, with no relevant accomplishments or experience, is running a disgracefully racist and antisemitic campaign marked by demeaning attacks on Donalds, who is Black.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplishments
Noun
  • Invest in your people's move from execution to oversight because that transition is where most implementations succeed or stall.
    — Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of implementations
Noun
  • If everything else goes to plan, Tentsile will begin early fulfillment deliveries in May and standard fulfillments in August.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Palestinians and Israeli Jews also came to regard the other side’s actions as fulfillments of their own national nightmares, ethnic cleansing for one and extermination for the other.
    — Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of fulfillments
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“Perpetrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrations. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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