"put to the sword" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-put to the sword.ogg Forms: puts to the sword [present, singular, third-person], putting to the sword [participle, present], put to the sword [participle, past], put to the sword [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> to the sword}} put to the sword (third-person singular simple present puts to the sword, present participle putting to the sword, simple past and past participle put to the sword)
  1. (idiomatic) To execute, especially by using a sword. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: cut down, put down, hack, strike down Translations (to execute with a sword): surmata miekalla (Finnish), passer au fil de l’épée (French), zabijać mieczem [imperfective] (Polish), zabić mieczem [perfective] (Polish), kılıçtan geçmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-put_to_the_sword-en-verb-kLd8MB4- Disambiguation of Death: 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'to execute with a sword': 91 2 7
  2. (idiomatic) To severely defeat. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-put_to_the_sword-en-verb-FagT8LYr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 67 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 76 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 70 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 67 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 72 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 57 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 66 16
  3. (idiomatic) To kill by warfare. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-put_to_the_sword-en-verb-3APsuJ8k
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: put to the torch

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to execute with a sword",
      "word": "surmata miekalla"
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      "word": "passer au fil de l’épée"
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      "sense": "to execute with a sword",
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