be put to death

be put to death

To be executed. The judge decided the murderer should be put to death. The proposed ban on capital punishment could mean new hope for inmates who are to be put to death. This new evidence could save Paul from being put to death!

See also: death, put, to

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put (someone or some creature) to death

to kill someone or some creature. The killer was put to death right at midnight.

See also: death, put, to

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

put to death

Kill, execute, as in Another convicted murderer was put to death last night. [c. 1400]

See also: death, put, to

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

put to death

To execute.

See also: death, put, to

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.