an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person
a device that requires skill for proper use
a person used by another to gain an end
the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
write an instrumental score for
putting a condemned person to death
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
(law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
