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burn someone at the stake
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to kill someone by tying the person to a post and burning them: 对…处以火刑
He refused to convert and was burned at the stake.
She was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake.
Some were captured and imprisoned while other poor souls were burned at the stake.
Remember this was a time when people were burned at the stake for witchcraft.
They burned her at the stake in 1431.
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