electrothanasiaEtymologyelectro- + Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “death”), perhaps modeled after euthanasia.electrothanasia means execution by electricity Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.nounexecution by electricity“[…] there is a want of harmony between electrothanasia, as it takes place, and the humane ideal of death by electricity as it seems to have been pictured in the minds of the promotors of the new law.”