Definition of "effectuated" [effectuated]

• Simple past tense and past participle of effectuate. (verb)

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• "George Atallah, the union's assistant executive director of external affairs, was dismissive of Batterman's remarks, saying they come from the person that effectuated a year-long lockout for the NHL."
• "Last week, the order was effectuated with the boys being removed from Sheen's home and placed with Mueller."
• "Who is going to stop the Saudis from funding insurgents and who is going to prevent the Pakistanis from helping the Taliban run roughshod through Afghanistan like they did when they effectuated the Taliban's rise in the mid-90s?"