Definitions for put to death

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. execute, put to death(verb)

    kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

    "In some states, criminals are executed"

Wiktionary

  1. put to death(Verb)

    To kill as punishment for capital crimes; to execute.


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

put to death(noun)

to cause to be killed

The criminal was put to death by hanging.

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