put (someone) to the sword

To slay or execute someone, especially in or as a consequence of war. These prisoners will be shown no mercy: we shall put them to the sword before sunrise.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Akosua	-	Western African, Akan
Rahul	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telug
Hudes	-	Yiddish
Johan	YOO-ahn (Swedish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Nina (1)	NEE-nah (Russian, Italian, German, Finnish, Polish), NEE-nə (English)	Russian, Italian, English, German, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Polish, Slove
Daividh	-	Scottish (Rare)