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View definitions for put to death

put to death

verb as in electrocute

verb as in end

verb as in execute

verb as in nail to a cross

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Robert Roberson, 57, was due to be the first American ever put to death over murder charges related to what is known as "shaken baby syndrome".

From BBC

The TV host pointed out that the Central Park Five, a group of innocent teens Trump once argued should be put to death, were also New Yorkers and weren’t espousing fascist rhetoric.

From Salon

Williams, who was convicted of the 1998 murder of Felicia Gayle, was put to death by lethal injection at 6:10 pm CT on Tuesday, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections.

From Salon

Jamie Ray Mills, 50, is scheduled to put to death Thursday evening at a south Alabama prison.

It’s they, and rarely their male partners, who get put to death, historically and even today.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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