to death

1. To an extreme or intolerable degree, as in I am tired to death of these fund-raising phone calls, or That movie just thrilled me to death. This hyperbolic phrase is used as an intensifier. Also see sick and tired; tired out. [c. 1300]

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From Los Angeles Times

Mr Cravitz, 66, is understood to have been stabbed to death by the attacker while 53-year-old Mr Daulby is understood to have been hit by a bullet fired by police as they attempted to shoot Al-Shamie.

From BBC

Attacker Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, drove a car at the building and stabbed one man to death before armed police shot him dead.

From BBC

The marauders beat and slashed to death all the males in a neighboring colony and subjugated the breeding females, essentially annihilating an entire community.

From Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles County agreed to pay $20 million Tuesday to the family of Noah Cuatro, a 4-year-old Palmdale boy who was tortured to death by his parents in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times