to the death
idiom
1
: until someone is dead
The warriors would fight to the death.
a battle to the death
2
: with all of one's energy and effort
Some parents do not want the school to be closed, and say they'll fight to the death for it.
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The sky was a pretty pink and purple, a stark contrast to the death chamber's florescent lights, gray firing squad chair and block walls that reminded me of a 1970s doctor's office.
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Jeffrey Collins, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025
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Death row inmates in South Carolina are housed in a building adjacent to the death chamber at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
In 1956, Bauer became the attorney general of West Germany’s largest state and issued an arrest warrant for Adolf Eichmann, the fervid SS chieftain who had engineered the deportation of Jews from across Europe to the death camps.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The 2023 review found that 18.9 million people born in 1920 or earlier had not been reported dead nor kicked over to the death master file.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jeffrey Collins, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025
Read more South Carolina List of States That Want to End Daylight Saving Time
How the Execution Will Happen
Death row inmates in South Carolina are housed in a building adjacent to the death chamber at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
In 1956, Bauer became the attorney general of West Germany’s largest state and issued an arrest warrant for Adolf Eichmann, the fervid SS chieftain who had engineered the deportation of Jews from across Europe to the death camps.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
The 2023 review found that 18.9 million people born in 1920 or earlier had not been reported dead nor kicked over to the death master file.
—Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to the death
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“To the death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20death. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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