Definition for Put to death:

• socially sanctioned killing as a means of punishment; " In some states, criminals are executed"

Synonyms for Put to death:

• v.

  •do away with (verb)
  • bump off,
  • remove,
  • do in,
  • cancel,
  • discontinue,
  • slay,
  • wipe out,
  • slaughter,
  • murder,
  • abolish,
  • exterminate,
  • eliminate,
  • finish,
  • discard.
  •electrocute (verb)
  • fry,
  • put in the electric chair,
  • give the chair,
  • kill by electric shock.
  •end (verb)
  • cease,
  • run out,
  • wane,
  • ruin,
  • die,
  • expire,
  • depart,
  • extinguish,
  • lapse,
  • annihilate,
  • destroy,
  • desist.
  •execute (verb)
  • assassinate,
  • hang,
  • knock off,
  • shoot,
  • guillotine,
  • gas,
  • put away,
  • purge,
  • behead.
  •kill (verb)
  • drown,
  • massacre,
  • eradicate,
  • HIT,
  • polish off,
  • dump,
  • sacrifice,
  • strangle,
  • neutralize,
  • crucify,
  • immolate,
  • dispatch,
  • suffocate,
  • erase,
  • off,
  • x-out,
  • zap,
  • lynch,
  • snuff,
  • poison,
  • garrote,
  • rub out,
  • asphyxiate,
  • smother,
  • obliterate,
  • waste,
  • extirpate,
  • get.
  •nail to a cross (verb)
  • brutalize,
  • torture,
  • persecute.

• Other synonyms:

  •end
  • running out.
  •kill
  • lynching,
  • Killed,
  • offed,
  • killing,
  • Garroting,
  • Garroted,
  • garrotes,
  • OFFS,
  • offing.
  •Other relevant words:
  • cut down,
  • gun down,
  • carry away,
  • carry off,
  • put out of the way,
  • despatch,
  • bury,
  • finish off,
  • terminate,
  • starve,
  • martyr,
  • do to death,
  • put to sleep,
  • butcher,
  • burn,
  • lay low,
  • take off,
  • make away with,
  • silence,
  • chloroform,
  • decapitate,
  • take life,
  • stone,
  • dispose of,
  • ice,
  • blow away.

Antonyms for Put to death:

• v.

  • do away with
    build, keep, construct, get.
  • end
    begin, bear, grow, continue, start, give birth, improve, restart, create, commence, go on.
  • execute
    ignore, miss, neglect, fail, abandon, forget, maintain, shirk, leave, disregard.
  • kill
    let go, preserve, save, hold, free, initiate, lose, turn on, loose, help.

Hypernym for Put to death:

• Other hypernyms:

  • n.
    kill.