to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of

to kill; to shoot dead

to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate

to fall dead

to strangle or throttle to death

to await death; to be a sitting duck

to die suddenly

to die of hunger or disease (of a prisoner)

(slang) awesome; cool; righteous

hands tied and expecting the worst

to wait helplessly for death (idiom); to resign oneself to extinction

persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)