Like, in real life, execute doesn't mean to start, it means to stop...

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[–] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The original usage was to carry out (a command). In that original sense it was the sentence, rather than the prisoner, who was executed; but the meaning got transferred over time.

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