put to flight
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Awaiting a messiah or “Immanuel,” meaning “God with us,” predicted by the prophet Isaiah, they yearn for him to “disperse the gloomy clouds of night / And death’s dark shadows put to flight.”
From Los Angeles Times
Already, shocking numbers have been put to flight by fires, derechos, and super storms, and so much worse is yet to come, according to experts.
From Salon
After this, he waited for the opportunity to wipe out the Orsini leaders, having already put to flight those of the Colonna family.
From Literature
He looked at them in a kind of dread, not daring to ask for details; and he observed that they, too, looked as though they had been in a battle; something hangdog in their looks suggested that they had been put to flight.
From Literature
The Hunter's Moon waxed round in the night sky, and put to flight all the lesser stars.
From Literature
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