putting to death
Ending someone's life
Putting to death is killing, especially as an official act—executing a condemned prisoner or euthanizing an animal.
The phrase carries formal or euphemistic weight: The state is putting him to death by lethal injection.
For animals, it softens the bluntness of killing: The vet recommended putting the dog to death.
- killCause death
- euthanasiaDeliberate death for relief
- mercy killingPainless death for suffering
- electrocutionDeath from electrical current
- electric chairElectrocution execution device
taking a life · capital punishment · homicide · assassination · snuffing out · immolation · firing squad · lethal injection · hanging · deathblow · guillotine · genocide · martyrdom · murder · punish · manslaughter · assisted suicide · put down
putting to deathsparing
Using resources minimally
rescuing · saving · resuscitating · reviving · protecting
putting to deathpardoning
Forgiving an offense officially
sparing · acquitting · reprieve · exonerating · releasing
putting to deathgiving birth
Expelling infant from womb
birthing · conception · procreation · resurrection · nativity