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put_to_death
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[ verb ] (law) socially sanctioned killing as a means of punishment
Synonyms Examples "In some states, criminals are executed" Used in print (Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)The infamous Wansee_Conference called by Heydrich in January 1942 , to organize the material and technical means to put_to_death the eleven million Jews spread throughout the nations of Europe , was attended by representatives of major organs of the German state , including the Reich_Minister_of_the_Interior , the State_Secretary in_charge of the Four_Year_Plan , the Reich_Minister_of_Justice , the Under_Secretary_of_Foreign_Affairs . (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Thomas_de_Torquemada , Inquisitor-General of the Spanish_Inquisition , put many persons to death . |
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