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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At least nine other people were scheduled to be put to death in seven states for the remainder of 2025.
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Florida has already set a modern-era record this year with nine executions, and two more men are scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection this month.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Robert Roberson gets second execution date State District Judge Austin Reeve Jackson has ordered Robert Roberson to be put to death on Thursday, October 16 — almost exactly one year after Roberson was spared on his first execution date of Oct. 17, 2024.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 16 July 2025
Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 state charges in 2022 for the massacre at the Tops Friendly Market in East Buffalo and now faces a separate jury to decide whether he will be put to death.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Florida has already set a modern-era record this year with nine executions, and two more men are scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection this month.
—Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2025
Robert Roberson gets second execution date State District Judge Austin Reeve Jackson has ordered Robert Roberson to be put to death on Thursday, October 16 — almost exactly one year after Roberson was spared on his first execution date of Oct. 17, 2024.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 16 July 2025
Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 state charges in 2022 for the massacre at the Tops Friendly Market in East Buffalo and now faces a separate jury to decide whether he will be put to death.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 3 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 3 Sep. 2025.
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