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death (d

th)

1. The act of dying; termination of life.

2. The state of being dead.

3. The cause of dying: Drugs were the death of him.

4. A manner of dying: a heroine's death.

5. often Death A personification of the destroyer of life, usually represented as a skeleton holding a scythe.

a. Bloodshed; murder.

b. Execution.

7. Law Civil death.

8. The termination or extinction of something: the death of imperialism.

Idioms:

at death's door

Near to death; gravely ill or injured.

be the death of

To distress or irritate to an intolerable degree.

death on

Opposed to or strict about: Our boss is death on casual dressing.

put to death

To execute.

to death

To an intolerable degree; extremely: worried to death.

[Middle English deeth, from Old English dath; see dheu-² in Indo-European roots.]

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Verb

put to death - kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"

execute

kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

crucify - kill by nailing onto a cross; "Jesus Christ was crucified"

execute - murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"

burn - burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"

string up, hang - kill by hanging; "The murderer was hanged on Friday"

penalise, penalize, punish - impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on; "The students were penalized for showing up late for class"; "we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again"

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Agrippina
Agrippina the Younger
beheading
Bowstringed
coup de grace
crucify
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Empalement
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Lynch
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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

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