Antonyms for put to death
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : deth |
Phonetic Transcription : dɛθ |
Definition of put to death
Origin :- Old English deað "death, dying, cause of death," in plura, "ghosts," from Proto-Germanic *dauthaz (cf. Old Saxon doth, Old Frisian dath, Dutch dood, Old High German tod, German Tod, Old Norse dauði, Danish død, Swedish död, Gothic dauþas "death"), from verbal stem *dheu- (3) "to die" (see die (v.)) + *-thuz suffix indicating "act, process, condition."
- I would not that death should take me asleep. I would not have him meerly seise me, and onely declare me to be dead, but win me, and overcome me. When I must shipwrack, I would do it in a sea, where mine impotencie might have some excuse; not in a sullen weedy lake, where I could not have so much as exercise for my swimming. [John Donne, letter to Sir Henry Goodere, Sept. 1608]
- Death's-head, a symbol of mortality, is from 1590s. Death row first recorded 1940s. Death knell is attested from 1814; death penalty from 1875; death rate from 1859. Slang be death on "be very good at" is from 1839. Death wish first recorded 1896. The death-watch beetle (1660s) inhabits houses, makes a ticking noise like a watch, and was superstitiously supposed to portend death.
- FEW ears have escaped the noise of the death-watch, that is, the little clickling sound heard often in many rooms, somewhat resembling that of a watch; and this is conceived to be of an evil omen or prediction of some person's death: wherein notwithstanding there is nothing of rational presage or just cause of terror unto melancholy and meticulous heads. For this noise is made by a little sheathwinged grey insect, found often in wainscot benches and wood-work in the summer. [Browne, "Vulgar Errors"]
- As in kill : verb deprive of existence; destroy
- As in electrocute : verb execute
- As in nail to a cross : verb crucify
- As in do away with : verb get rid of; destroy
- As in end : verb die or kill
- As in execute : verb kill
Synonyms for put to death
- abolish
- annihilate
- asphyxiate
- assassinate
- behead
- brutalize
- bump off
- burn at the stake
- cancel
- cease
- crucify
- depart
- desist
- destroy
- die
- discard
- discontinue
- dispatch
- do away with
- do in
- drown
- dump
- electrocute
- eliminate
- eradicate
- erase
- excrutiate
- execute
- expire
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- finish
- fry
- garrote
- gas
- get
- give the chair
- guillotine
- hang
- hit
- immolate
- kill
- kill by electric shock
- knock off
- lapse
- liquidate
- lynch
- martyrize
- massacre
- murder
- neutralize
- obliterate
- off
- persecute
- poison
- polish off
- purge
- put an end to
- put away
- put in the electric chair
- put on the rack
- put to death
- remove
- rub out
- ruin
- run out
- sacrifice
- shoot
- slaughter
- slay
- smother
- snuff
- strangle
- suffocate
- take away
- torture
- wane
- waste
- wipe out
- X-out
- zap
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