put to death

English

Verb

put to death (third-person singular simple present puts to death, present participle putting to death, simple past and past participle put to death)

1. To kill as punishment for capital crimes; to execute.
   • 2012 August 21, Pilkington, Ed, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, The Guardian:

     One of Clemons's three co-defendants has already been executed, and Clemons himself came within 12 days of being put to death in 2009.

Synonyms

• execute

Translations

Hypernyms

• kill