to death

基本解释

These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered.
这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。
《新英汉大辞典》
The guerrillas would fight to death before they surrendered.
游击队员宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。
《新英汉大辞典》
In most fires many people got killed not because they were burned to death but because they were suffocated.
发生火灾时，在大多数情况下，许多人并非死于大火，而是死于窒息。

His brother also was arrested. An angry mob attacked the jail and shot both Smith and his brother to death.
Con Markievicz was the only surviving leader of the Easter Rising, condemned to death, but then her sentence was transmuted.
马克维其是复活节起义唯一,幸存的领袖，被判了死刑，但后来判决又改变了。
耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选
They may be beaten eventually to death by a man in their home or subject to what we consider torturous behavior or imprisonment.
或许，这些妇女最终被,家中的男人殴打致死,或者最终屈服于这种殴打折磨,甚至监禁。
普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

These days, the order to hack your neighbor to death comes over the radio.
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