freeze to death

idiom

: to die from the cold

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But, if there’s cloud cover, Lucy will likely freeze to death, lost in the woods. Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2025 Leaphorn appears badgered by his demons after leaving B.J. Vines (John Diehl) in the desert to freeze to death during the second season of the noir thriller. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025 Wilford overpowers the Admiral, disconnects his suit’s ventilation system, and watches him slowly freeze to death. Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2024 Much as his predecessors arranged for Napoleon’s armies to be trapped in the snows near Moscow and for Nazi soldiers to freeze to death outside Stalingrad, Putin plans to have French and German citizens shivering in their homes. Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for freeze to death

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“Freeze to death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeze%20to%20death. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.

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