Usually means: Kill or destroy completely, violently.
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  1. put (someone) to the sword, put to the sword: Merriam-Webster
  2. put to the sword: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. put to the sword: Wiktionary
  4. put to the sword: Dictionary.com
  5. put to the sword: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. put to the sword: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (put to the sword)

verb:  (idiomatic) To execute, especially by using a sword.
verb:  (idiomatic) To severely defeat.
verb:  (idiomatic) To kill by warfare.

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