to death

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: 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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Iran put at least 2,159 to death, more than double the 2024 number, a minimum of 356 in Saudi Arabia, 47 in the United States and 17 in Singapore, according to Amnesty. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 The Justice Ministry said Sunao Takami, 58, was hanged to death earlier Friday. — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 In December 2014, Hayden Panettiere nearly hemorrhaged to death after giving birth to her daughter Kaya. — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 An autopsy later determined that JonBenét had been strangled to death and suffered a severe head injury. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 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 28 Aug. 2026.

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