put to death

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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

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In the end he was banished, and finally put to death by the Emperor's order. A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context The egregious rustic put to death A bull by stopping of its breath: Disposed the carcass in a shed With fragrant herbs and branches spread. Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard View in context It is likely enough that, rooted in the woods of France and Norway, there were growing trees, when that sufferer was put to death, already marked by the Woodman, Fate, to come down and be sawn into boards, to make a certain movable framework with a sack and a knife in it, terrible in history. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context			put the finger on Put the flags out! put the frighteners on put the heat on put the kibosh on put the knife in put the lid on put the make on put the mockers on put the pedal to the metal put the record straight put the roses in cheeks put the screws on put the seal on put the skids on put the skids under put the squeeze on put thinking cap on put through put through hell put through paces put through the mill put through the wringer put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to death put to rest put to shame put to sleep put to the test put to use put together put too fine a point on put toward put trust in put two and two together put two cents in put two fingers up at put under the microscope put up a brave front put up a fight put up a front put up against put up dukes put up or shut up Put up or shut up! put upon by put wear on put weight on put weight on some part of the body put words in mouth			put through its paces put through paces put through paces put through paces put through paces put through paces put through the hoop put through the hoops put through the hoops put through the mangle put through the mill put through the mill put through the mill put through the mill put through the mill put through the wringer put through the wringer put to put to put to put to put to a wrong use put to advantage put to bed put to bed put to bed put to bed put to bed put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to death put to death according to law put to flight put to flight put to flight put to inconvenience put to it put to it put to it put to it put to press put to rest put to rest put to rights put to rights put to rights put to rights put to rights put to rout put to sea put to sea put to sea put to sea Put to seller put to service put to shame put to shame put to shame put to shame put to sleep put to sleep

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