freeze to death

idiom

: to die from the cold

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The prosecution claims Read struck O’Keefe with her Lexus SUV in a drunken argument, leaving him to freeze to death in the front yard of a friend’s house party shortly after midnight on Jan. 29, 2022. Julia Bonavita , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025 As a police officer and as a father whose son’s death was caused by B.J. Vines, Leaphorn seems conflicted about having taken his revenge by leaving Vines out in the desert to freeze to death. Lisa De Los Reyes, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2025 Stowaways can be crushed when the landing gear is retracted, fall out when the landing gear is extended, or simply freeze to death at the minus-65F degree temperatures found at 35,000 feet. Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 Zane can barely walk, the horses are missing, and the children will freeze to death without a fire to warm them. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2025 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 13 Jun. 2025.

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