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put someone to the sword
idiom literary
to kill someone: 清除，肃清（对政府或政治组织有威胁的人）
Thousands of innocents were put to the sword.数千名无辜者被杀。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Murder & attempted murder
asphyxiation
assassinate
assassination
assassination attempt
attempt
butcher
dispatch
drive-by
genocidal
genocide
gun someone down
homicide
infanticide
polish something off
pop off
regicide
rub
rub something out
slaughter
throttle
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