to kill or put to death, typically as a formal punishment or to eliminate political enemies

to condemn or attack someone or something severely through both speech and writing

to be executed

to wipe out or exterminate completely, often used in historical contexts regarding the execution of a family or group

to put to death

to wipe out or eliminate completely, especially enemies or those considered undesirable

to execute all of a person's relatives as a punishment (in ancient China)

criticism that attacks a person's underlying intentions or hidden motives rather than their actual words or deeds

to uproot or eliminate, typically referring to the removal of traitors or harmful individuals

to be executed; to suffer death by battle-ax (idiom)

to relentlessly make excessive demands

to eliminate or exterminate those with different opinions or from opposing factions

to criticize someone for what one believes to be their ulterior motive

punishment or execution ordained by heaven or divine forces

Sun Zhu (1711-1778), Qing Dynasty poet and compiler of the Three Hundred Tang Poems, also known by his pseudonym Hengtang Tuishi.

steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi)

To be punished for petty crimes while rewarded for major ones; literally: steal a hook and be executed, steal a state and be made a lord.

to execute all of someone's relatives as punishment (old)

to wipe out completely; to kill everyone

Look out for oneself or face destruction; every man for himself.

to wipe out villains or insurgents

to make exorbitant demands or obtain goods and money by force or intimidation

to make endless exorbitant demands

to kill and banish