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PUT TO DEATH
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
Example:
In some states, criminals are executed
Synonyms:
execute; put to death
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "put to death" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
penalise; penalize; punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)
Verb group:
execute (murder in a planned fashion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put to death"):
crucify (kill by nailing onto a cross)
burn (execute by tying to a stake and setting alight)
hang; string up (kill by hanging)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to put to death the prisoners
