be put to death
idiom
: to be killed at a scheduled time by someone who is legally allowed to do so
a serial killer who was put to death for the murder of 28 people
The dog that attacked the children was later put to death.
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Hanson is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection, a spokesperson for the Oklahoma Department of Corrections told CNN.
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Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
The men—Anthony Wainwright in Florida, Gregory Hunt in Alabama, Stephen Stanko in South Carolina, and John Hanson in Oklahoma—are scheduled to be put to death between June 10 and June 13.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
Four men have been executed, and Glen Rogers is slated to be put to death Thursday in the 1995 murder of a woman in a Tampa motel room.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Trump is a longtime supporter of capital punishment who advocated for drug dealers to be put to death in his first term and famously called for the executions of five Black teenagers accused and ultimately exonerated of raping an investment banker who was jogging in Central Park.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
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Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 9 June 2025
The men—Anthony Wainwright in Florida, Gregory Hunt in Alabama, Stephen Stanko in South Carolina, and John Hanson in Oklahoma—are scheduled to be put to death between June 10 and June 13.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
Four men have been executed, and Glen Rogers is slated to be put to death Thursday in the 1995 murder of a woman in a Tampa motel room.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2025
Trump is a longtime supporter of capital punishment who advocated for drug dealers to be put to death in his first term and famously called for the executions of five Black teenagers accused and ultimately exonerated of raping an investment banker who was jogging in Central Park.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Be put to death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20put%20to%20death. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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