putting to death

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putting to death - the act of terminating a life

ending, termination, conclusion - the act of ending something; "the termination of the agreement"

coup de grace, deathblow - the blow that kills (usually mercifully)

death - the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"

euthanasia, mercy killing - the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)

homicide - the killing of a human being by another human being

despatch, dispatch - killing a person or animal

fell - the act of felling something (as a tree)

self-annihilation, self-destruction, suicide - the act of killing yourself; "it is a crime to commit suicide"

slaughter - the killing of animals (as for food)

poisoning - the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill

suffocation, asphyxiation - killing by depriving of oxygen

ritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity

electrocution - killing by electric shock

beheading, decapitation - killing by cutting off the head

genocide, race murder, racial extermination - systematic killing of a racial or cultural group

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Agrippina
Agrippina the Younger
beheading
Bowstringed
coup de grace
crucify
death
deathblow
dispatch
Empalement
euthanasia
execute
kill
Lynch
martyr
mercy killing
noyade
penalise
put to death

But indeed, at that time, putting to death was a recipe much in vogue with all trades and professions, and not least of all with Tellson's.

A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context

he says the king is coming in triumph; that he is dressed in state; that he has just finished putting to death, with his own hand, a thousand chained Israelitish prisoners

Four Beasts in One by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context

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