PUT TO DEATH

I. (verb)

Meaning:

Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment

Example:

In some states, criminals are executed

Synonyms:

execute; put to death

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "put to death" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

penalise; penalize; punish (impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on)

Verb group:

execute (murder in a planned fashion)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put to death"):

crucify (kill by nailing onto a cross)

burn (execute by tying to a stake and setting alight)

hang; string up (kill by hanging)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to put to death the prisoners