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put to death

VERB
do away with
Synonyms
WEAK
abolish bump off cancel discard discontinue do in eliminate exterminate finish kill liquidate murder put an end to remove slaughter slay take away wipe out
Antonyms
WEAK
build construct get keep
VERB
electrocute
Synonyms
STRONG
fry
WEAK
give the chair kill by electric shock put in the electric chair
VERB
end
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cease destroy die expire
STRONG
abolish annihilate depart desist exterminate extinguish lapse ruin wane
WEAK
run out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
begin commence improve start
STRONG
continue create go on grow
WEAK
give birth
VERB
execute
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assassinate behead hang murder shoot
STRONG
electrocute eliminate finish gas guillotine liquidate purge
WEAK
bump off do in knock off put away
VERB
kill
Synonyms
STRONGEST
assassinate drown execute get hit massacre murder poison slaughter slay wipe out
STRONG
annihilate asphyxiate crucify dispatch dump electrocute eradicate erase exterminate extirpate finish garrote guillotine hang immolate liquidate lynch neutralize obliterate off sacrifice smother snuff strangle suffocate waste zap
WEAK
do away with do in polish off put away rub out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
save
STRONG
free help leave alone let go maintain preserve
VERB
nail to a cross
Synonyms
WEAK
brutalize burn at the stake excrutiate hang martyrize persecute put on the rack torture

Example Sentences

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There were 47 executions in the United States last year, the most since 2009, when 52 people were put to death.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Deuteronomy 24:16 states: “Parents shall not be put to death for children, nor children be put to death for parents: a person shall be put to death only for his own crime.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Black was the second person put to death in the Volunteer State this year, and the 28th in the country to be executed this year.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2025

Cantu has the same name as the Texas death row inmate who was put to death with a lethal injection two days after Kardashian’s post.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2025

He hoped His Grace would weigh that against the crimes of his bastard son, whom Ser Rodrik Cassel had put to death.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin