Electrocute/shock

Electrocute/shock   Sunday, December 28, 2003, 14:11 GMT
A lot of people get these words confused. To electrocute is to kill using electricity. If you live to tell the tale you've been shocked. And for the same reason saying ''electrocuted to death'' is a redundancy.
Electrocuted dude   Monday, December 29, 2003, 15:19 GMT
One can be electrocuted without dying. It depends on how many Volts are involved :o)
It's no redundancy.
Electrocuted   Monday, December 29, 2003, 15:27 GMT
They were shocked if they lived not electrocuted.
Electrocuted   Saturday, January 03, 2004, 02:24 GMT
To electrocute is to kill using electricity. If you live to tell the tale, you've been shocked, but not electrocuted. For the same reason, the phrase "electrocuted to death" is a redundancy.
Jim   Monday, January 05, 2004, 02:03 GMT
Here's what the dictionary says:

"electrocute
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verb [T often passive]
to kill someone by causing electricity to flow through their body:
He was electrocuted when he touched the bare wires."

http://www.dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=25092&dict=CALD

Thus you cannot be electrocuted without dying ... and, by the way, it's got more to do with how many amps rather than how many volts are involved :o) (though the two are related).