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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The plight of his followers began to emerge in mid-March 2023, when a local man told police that his brother and wife had starved their children to death in the forest on Mackenzie's orders. — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026 The court found that the directive to fast to death was implemented by targeting children first, while guards were deployed to prevent them from escaping, beating those who attempted to escape or eat. — Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 His apocalyptic sermons taught that his followers and their children should starve themselves to death to get into heaven before the end of the world, per Reuters. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2026 In July, the former British politician and reality TV contestant Ann Widdecombe was found beaten to death with a hammer at her home. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for to death

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