put to death
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be put to death
To be executed. The judge decided the murderer should be put to death.
put (one) to death
To execute someone. The state put the mass murderer to death, the first execution in nearly 50 years.
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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.
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]
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.
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.