to death

phrase

Synonyms of to deathnext
: beyond endurance : excessively
bored to death
scared to death of spiders
I am sick to death of hearing your excuses.
Most high rollers prefer Atlantic City and Las Vegas, where they are comped to death and have more diversions.William G. Flanagan et al.

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In 2025, a Bangladeshi court sentenced her to death on charges of crimes against humanity for ordering a crackdown on the uprising. CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 Brennan was previously convicted of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon after stabbing her 76-year-old mother to death with a butcher knife in Hollywood in 2014, according to a probable cause affidavit. Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026 Sanders admitted to stabbing her sons to death in February 2018. Mike Toole, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Their son Nick, 32, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing the filmmaker and his wife to death. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to death

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“To death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20death. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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