Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of carry out
1 more example
In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.
2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
nounthe act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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carrying out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrying%20out
“carrying out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrying%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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