to the death
idiom
1
: until someone is dead
The warriors would fight to the death.
a battle to the death
2
: with all of one's energy and effort
Some parents do not want the school to be closed, and say they'll fight to the death for it.
Examples of to the death in a Sentence
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Protests initially started as a reaction to the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was killed in police custody after she was arrested for not wearing her hijab in accordance with the standards of the Islamic Republic.
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Anna Gordon, TIME, 29 May 2024
On the train to the death camp, the young father wraps one of his twins in a shawl and throws her off the train into the snow.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 May 2024
The results come after civil rights protests erupted across the country in 2020 in response to the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by police.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
In addition to the death toll, the crash indefinitely interrupted vessel traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore, a key economic and transit hub whose impact reaches far beyond Maryland.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
Audiences compared the event to The Hunger Games, a dystopia where the wealthy sit back as everyone else fights to the death.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 May 2024
The history they are taught does not go back as far as 1948 when the Jews had to fight to the death to live in U.N.-sanctioned Israel.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Sadie Dupuis, Elijah Wood, Trash Talk’s Lee Spielman, Matmos’ Drew Daniel, Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad, and others have paid tribute to the late musician
May 8, 2024
Figures in the music world and beyond are reacting to the death of Steve Albini.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 8 May 2024
The Dover Police Department in Delaware announced on Tuesday that Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson, 18, were arrested in connection to the death of 18-year-old Camay Mitchell De Silva.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
Anna Gordon, TIME, 29 May 2024
On the train to the death camp, the young father wraps one of his twins in a shawl and throws her off the train into the snow.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 19 May 2024
The results come after civil rights protests erupted across the country in 2020 in response to the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by police.
—Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
In addition to the death toll, the crash indefinitely interrupted vessel traffic in and out of the Port of Baltimore, a key economic and transit hub whose impact reaches far beyond Maryland.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2024
Audiences compared the event to The Hunger Games, a dystopia where the wealthy sit back as everyone else fights to the death.
—Mia Sato, The Verge, 15 May 2024
The history they are taught does not go back as far as 1948 when the Jews had to fight to the death to live in U.N.-sanctioned Israel.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
Sadie Dupuis, Elijah Wood, Trash Talk’s Lee Spielman, Matmos’ Drew Daniel, Nirvana biographer Michael Azerrad, and others have paid tribute to the late musician
May 8, 2024
Figures in the music world and beyond are reacting to the death of Steve Albini.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 8 May 2024
The Dover Police Department in Delaware announced on Tuesday that Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson, 18, were arrested in connection to the death of 18-year-old Camay Mitchell De Silva.
—Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024
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