See exec on Wiktionary
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"(chiefly video games, informal) Clipping of executioner."
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"senseid": [
"en:executioner"
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of",
"clipping",
"informal"
],
"topics": [
"video-games"
]
}
],
"word": "exec"
}
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