put to death
End by sentence
Put to death means to execute or kill, typically through legal or official means: The prisoner was put to death by lethal injection.
The phrase implies deliberate, sanctioned killing rather than murder—courts put criminals to death, veterinarians put suffering animals to death.
It sounds more formal than simply "kill."
- hangSuspend from above
- slayDestroy or impress greatly
- executeCarry out fully
- killCause death
- assassinateMurder a prominent figure
capital punishment · terminate · gas chamber · lethal injection · firing squad · electric chair · green mile · mercy killing · dispatch · euthanize · murder · martyrdom · guillotine · honor killing · gallows · behead · crucifixion · walk the plank
- executionexecution, lethal injection, firing squad, gas chamber, electric chair
put to deathspare
Held in reserve
save · rescue · preserve · revive · resuscitate
put to deathliberate
Set free from captivity
emancipate · free · release · give birth to · let go