freeze to death

idiom

: to die from the cold

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Recent Examples on the Web Much as his predecessors arranged for Napoleon’s armies to be trapped in the snows near Moscow and for Nazi soldiers to freeze to death outside Stalingrad, Putin plans to have French and German citizens shivering in their homes. Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2022 Milius donned a snowsuit, but Wilford was unprotected and quickly began to freeze to death. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 1 Sep. 2024 They can be electrocuted, drown, set themselves on fire with a faulty stove or fireplace, or freeze to death. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024 Of course, the vet last week said this isn’t how people freeze to death, so we’re left to wonder whether the forensics guys are in the mine’s pocket also or if the vet was just wrong. Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for freeze to death 

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“Freeze to death.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeze%20to%20death. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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