freeze to death

idiom

: to die from the cold

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Are they supposed to let a 5-year-old child freeze to death? Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026 Are they supposed to let a 5-year-old child freeze to death? Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026 In addition, don’t leave pets alone in a car during cold weather, as cars can act as refrigerators that hold in the cold and cause animals to freeze to death. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 16 Dec. 2025 The prosecution claims Read struck O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV in a drunken argument, leaving him to freeze to death in the front yard of a friend’s house party shortly after midnight on Jan. 29, 2022. Julia Bonavita , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025 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 7 Feb. 2026.

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