put to death

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verb

kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment (Freq. 2)
- In some states, criminals are executed
• Syn:
execute
• Derivationally related forms:
execution (for: execute), executing (for: execute)
• Hypernyms:
kill, punish, penalize, penalise
• Hyponyms:
crucify, burn, hang, string up
• Verb Group:
execute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to put to death the prisoners