TO DEATH Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

to death

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beyond a normal or acceptable limit A movie with a tired plot that has been done to death.

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Recent Examples of to death Heintz was found stabbed to death in her car in August, according to Pennsylvania State Police. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Tanaya Campbell Ortiz, a former exotic dancer and mom of five found dead inside a trash can near a remote Brooklyn beach, was strangled to death, the city’s medical examiner announced Tuesday. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026 According to GlobalPost, he was tried in absentia for his cyber actions twice and sentenced to death both times. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Many informants The issue of intelligence connections has shadowed the investigation ever since Moïse was found shot to death in his second-floor bedroom, and his wife, Martine, was seriously injured. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to death

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