Definition

1. Verb:
   • To execute: To carry out a death sentence as a legal punishment for a crime.
   • To put to death: To cause someone to die as a result of a judicial decree or official order.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tòa án đã tuyên án và xử tử tên tội phạm. (The court sentenced and executed the criminal.)
  • Trong lịch sử, nhiều người đã bị xử tử vì tội phản quốc. (Historically, many people were put to death for treason.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is formal and is used almost exclusively in legal, historical, or news contexts to describe a state-sanctioned act. It implies a process following a trial and sentence.

Variants and Related Words

• Xử tử hình (v): A more formal variant meaning "to sentence to death" or "to carry out a death sentence." It explicitly includes the concept of the death penalty (: punishment).
  • Bị cáo bị xử tử hình. (The defendant was sentenced to death.)

Synonyms

• Execute: To carry out a sentence of death.
• Put to death: To end someone's life as a legal punishment.

Related Idioms

• While there is no direct idiom with xử tử, the concept is related to the formal phrase:
  • Thi hành án tử hình: To carry out the death penalty.

    • Bản án đã được thi hành. (The sentence has been carried out.)

verb

1. to condemn to death