Examples of 'put to the sword' in a sentence
Meaning of "put to the sword"
put to the sword: This phrase is often used metaphorically to describe a decisive and brutal defeat or destruction of someone or something, typically in a conflict or competition
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- To execute, especially by using a sword.
- To severely defeat.
- To kill by warfare.
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put to the sword
My wife and son were put to the sword.
We shall put to the sword all who oppose us.
Your wench will be put to the sword.
Put to the sword and burned to death in their churches.
Those that remained were put to the sword.
Spain put to the sword.
The entire population was put to the sword.
He was put to the sword concealing it.
The foreigners all put to the sword.
I believe we put to the sword the whole number of defendants.
He and all his were put to the sword.
Sidi put to the sword.
The firstborn in every home is put to the sword.
Is put to the sword.
We will both be put to the sword.
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They were put to the sword twenty years ago by a great Mongol conqueror called Hulagu.
You will be put to the sword.
The fort was attacked and a company entire put to the sword.
Except be put to the sword.
Hundreds and thousands of people were put to the sword.
They were put to the sword.
Some defenders managed to escape but most were put to the sword.
He was also put to the sword.
The cities are taken and their inhabitants put to the sword.
Hucclecote put to the sword.
Their structures will be destroyed and their people put to the sword.
I believe we put to the sword the whole number of the defendents.
Thousands of people were put to the sword.
The queen was put to the sword in Jamestown.
Omar said that they should all be put to the sword.
They've put to the sword.
And about seven thousand men were put to the sword.
It's the cry of a man put to the sword that haunts you.
Lucius order all newborn male children in that town put to the sword.
Man, woman and child was put to the sword or the torch.
Entire towns had been leveled and many local inhabitants put to the sword.
Not long after, Venustian was put to the sword with his wife and sons.
The members of the Jewish community were soon after put to the sword.
The population is put to the sword.
Muslims who were promised heaven for every seven Christians they put to the sword.
When Ramsay was put to the sword.
I see before me a shore covered with wreckage, and small crews being put to the sword.
Countless Danes put to the sword.
The population of Antioch, consisting primarily of Armenians, was put to the sword.
All captives were put to the sword.
Many of the commoners were captured, while others were put to the sword.
They remained still and were put to the sword in silence.
Entire towns were leveled, and many local inhabitants were put to the sword.
Gaza was occupied and its inhabitants put to the sword by Jannaeus.
Their population will be enslaved, their weak and elderly put to the sword.
