Definitions

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

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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

There have been 39 executions in the United States this year, the most since 2013, when 39 inmates were also put to death.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 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

Dorsey is scheduled to be put to death on April 9, and a growing number of scholars, lawyers and activists are asking federal courts, along with Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, to stop the execution.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Hadn’t all the intelligent animals been put to death in the Black Forest decades ago?

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

put to death

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