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As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.
Paul Simon

Meaning of "put to death" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUT TO DEATH

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WHAT DOES PUT TO DEATH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Capital punishment

Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. The judicial decree that someone be punished in this manner is a death sentence, while the actual enforcement is an execution. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offenses. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head". Capital punishment has, in the past, been practiced by most societies, as a punishment for criminals, and political or religious dissidents. Historically, the carrying out of the death sentence was often accompanied by torture, and executions were most often public. Currently 58 nations actively practice capital punishment, 98 countries have abolished it de jure for all crimes, 7 have abolished it for ordinary crimes only, and 35 have abolished it de facto. Amnesty International considers most countries abolitionist; overall, the organisation considers 140 countries to be abolitionist in law or practice. About 90% of all executions in the world take place in Asia.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUT TO DEATH

put the fear of God into
put the finger on
put the frighteners on
put the hard word on
put the kibosh on
put the lid on
put the mockers on
put the moz on
put the nips in
put the question
put the record straight
put the wind up
put their heads together
put through
put to bed
put to flight
put to sea
put to shame
put to the torch
put two and two together

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUT TO DEATH

a matter of life and death
accidental death
brain death
breath
catch one´s death
death
flog to death
in at the death
kiss of death
life-and-death
life-or-death
like grim death
living death
maternal death
megadeath
programmed cell death
scared to death
sudden cardiac death
sudden death
to death
wall of death

Synonyms and antonyms of put to death in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «put to death» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUT TO DEATH

Find out the translation of put to death to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of put to death from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «put to death» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

处死
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

condenado a muerte
570 millions of speakers

English

put to death
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मार डाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نفذ فيهم حكم الاعدام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предан смерти
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

condenado à morte
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠাণ্ডা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mis à mort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dibunuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zu Tode gebracht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死刑に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

죽음에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dipateni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đưa đến cái chết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மரணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाशी द्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

öldürmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

messo a morte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skazany na śmierć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відданий смерті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pune la moarte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θανατώθηκε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dood te maak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödas
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drept
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of put to death

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT TO DEATH»

The term «put to death» is very widely used and occupies the 6.098 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT TO DEATH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about put to death

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5 QUOTES WITH «PUT TO DEATH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word put to death.
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Judy Garland
We cast away priceless time in dreams, born of imagination, fed upon illusion, and put to death by reality.
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Ryszard Kapuscinski
He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel.
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Paul Simon
As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.
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John Hanning Speke
Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.
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Ida B. Wells
In fact, for all kinds of offenses - and, for no offenses - from murders to misdemeanors, men and women are put to death without judge or jury; so that, although the political excuse was no longer necessary, the wholesale murder of human beings went on just the same.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUT TO DEATH»

Discover the use of put to death in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to put to death and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Spiritual Man
Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth.” The first death is a positional fact which we have in Christ. The second death is the real experience which we possess. We can see the relationship between these two deaths.
Watchman Nee, 1998
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The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee concordance of the Old ...
Deu2l -.22. and he be to be put to death, 2$a.2l: 9. and were put to death in the days of harvest, 2K. II: 2. so that he was not slain. HOPHAL.— Future. Oen26 : 1 1 . shall surely be put to death. Ex. 19: 12. whosoever.. .shall be surely put to ...
George Vicesimus Wigram, 1860
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Masters of the Word: Traditional Jewish Bible Commentary ...
"Fathers shall not be put to death because of sons, and sons shall not be put to death because of fathers; a man should be put to death because of his own sin" ( Devarim 24:16). The Talmud (Sanhedrin 27b) notes that the final clause, innv ...
Yonatan Kolatch, 2006
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A History of Biblical Interpretation: The ancient period
For a stranger who draws near shall be put to death. [This applies only if he comes near to perform] the Temple service. For the stranger who draws near shall be put to death even if he performs the Temple service while he is pure. Or perhaps ...
Alan J. Hauser, Duane Frederick Watson, 2003
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Truth Lessons
6), and eventually He gives life even to our mortal body. 3. Putting to Death the Practices of Our Body The Spirit works in us also to put to death the practices of our body that we may live. Romans 8:13 says, “For if you live according to the flesh, ...
Witness Lee, 1996
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A Bibliographical Sketch of the Laws of the Massachusetts ...
19. 16, 18, 19. l. If any man after legall conviction shall have or worship any other god, but the lord god, he shall be put to death. 2. If any man or woeman be a witch, (that is hath or con- sulteth with a familiar spirit,) They shall be put to death.
William H. Whitmore, 1890
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History of Criminal Justice
Manslaughter If any person slayeth another suddenly, in his ANGER or CRUELTY of passion, he shall be put to death, Levit. 24:17; Numb. 35: 20, 21. Sodomy If any Man LYETH with MANKINDE as he lyeth with a Woman, both of them have ...
Mark Jones, Peter Johnstone, 2011
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The Essential Evangelical Parallel Bible: New King James ...
NEW KING JAMES VERSION 9'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him. 10'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, ...
John R. Kohlenberger, 2004
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Race, Class, and the Death Penalty: Capital Punishment in ...
By the end of the seventeenth century, on the order of 300 European, African, and Native Americans had been put to death. One hundred years later, the number had grown to almost 3,000. While the number of executions steadily grew, the ...
Howard W. Allen, Jerome M. Clubb, 2009
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Sermons (148-183) on the New Testament
But if with the spirit you put to death the doings of the flesh, you shall live (Rom8: 13).Thatisourworkinthislife,withthespirittoputtodeaththedoingsof the flesh; every day to afflict them, diminish them, rein them in, do away with them. How many ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUT TO DEATH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term put to death is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev may not be put to death for 18 …
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will become the 62nd inmate on Death Row when he is likely transferred the US federal jail in Terre Haute, Indiana, this week for his role in ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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Boston Marathon bombing: Majority of Americans think Dzhokhar …
The jury convicted Tsarnaev on all 30 counts, 17 of which are punishable by death. In the sentencing phase, the same jury will decide if he will be put to death or ... «The Independent, Apr 15»
3
Texas cop killer Kent Sprouse takes 22 minutes to die from lethal …
A jury decided in 2004 that he should be put to death, and unsuccessful appeals since then have focused on whether Sprouse was mentally ill at the time of the ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
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Should Tsarnaev be put to death? Boston Globe editorial board says …
BOSTON — Now that a jury has found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty on all counts in the Boston Marathon bombing, his trial moves onto a second phase. «FOX CT, Apr 15»
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Convicted Pennsylvania murderer should be put to death now …
A man convicted of strangling two people during a 2002 robbery should be sent to death row, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday, four days after the governor ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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'Texas 7' killer Donald Newbury put to death
Donald Newbury, possibly the most violent of the 'Texas 7,' was executed by lethal ... Donald Newbury was put to death for his role in the murder of an Irving ... «WFAA, Feb 15»
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Georgia inmate put to death after Supreme Court denies stay
Warren Lee Hill, a Georgia inmate with a mild intellectual disability, was executed Tuesday evening after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review his case. «Los Angeles Times, Jan 15»
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Missouri Executes Death Row Inmate Leon Taylor for 1994 Killing
BONNE TERRE, Mo. — A man who killed a suburban Kansas City gas station attendant in 1994 has been put to death — the ninth execution in Missouri this ... «NBCNews.com, Nov 14»
9
Ex-rapper put to death for studio owner's slaying
A former San Antonio rap musician was executed Wednesday for a knife attack and robbery more than 15 years ago that left a recording studio owner dead. «New York Post, Mar 14»
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15 Women Have Now Been Executed In The United States Since …
Since 1903, more than 50 women have been executed in the country. By comparison, since 1976, almost 1,400 men have been put to death. Here is the full list ... «Huffington Post, Feb 14»

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