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Meanings of put to death in English

Portuguese
executar
Catalan
executar
Spanish
ejecutar

Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.

executar
Synonyms
Examples for "execute"
Examples for "execute"
1
High prices had made this strategy difficult to execute in recent years.
Reuters
2
Tracey: That's a common request as we execute transactions in the market.
From dawn to deceit
3
It was frustrating at times; we just couldn't quite execute at times.
The Irish Times
4
The president needs to execute his promise and implement this action immediately.
The Guardian
5
But they disagree over whether the state was right to execute him.
The Guardian
Usage of put to death in English
1
The first they put to death in the machine for breaking joints.
Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal / An Authentic Narrative of...
2
A few leaders only were put to death; other penalties were reserved.
England under the Tudors
3
That is quite different to being put to death in cold blood.
By Right of Conquest; Or, With Cortez in Mexico
4
Dion adds, that the author of the discovery was put to death.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 03: Tiberius
5
Thus Christians, in former times, were put to death by the heathen.
Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8)
6
The prophet will betray them and they will be put to death.
Plays of Gods and Men
7
Many of the clergy, both secular and regular, were put to death.
History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the Frenc...
8
Shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel?
Abraham Lincoln
9
Twenty-eight people were put to death in the United States last year.
Reuters
10
He waited, expecting in a few minutes to be put to death.
The Trapper's Son
11
In either event their relatives would be, at once, put to death.
On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War
12
Wherefore the king anon decreed that he should be put to death.
Bible Stories and Religious Classics
13
Their heads also were put to death, and the houses broken up.
England under the Tudors
14
Sixteen noted warriors and marauders were singled out and put to death.
The Winning of the West, Volume 2 / From the Alleghanies to the ...
15
I will make the sentence, how he shall be put to death.
Layamon's Brut
16
So these men were informed against and put to death by Agoratus.
The Orations of Lysias
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Translations for put to death
Portuguese
executar
Spanish
ejecutar
Put to death through the time
Put to death across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Less common