死しに至いたらしめる

Meanings

1

expression, ichidan verb

cause someone's death; kill

A formal or literary causative expression meaning 'to cause to die' or 'to kill'. Often used in legal, medical, or dramatic contexts. Not an everyday word for 'kill' (殺す is more common).

その毒どくは人ひとを死しに至いたらしめることがある。
That poison can cause a person's death.
過か失しつが彼かれを死しに至いた

ら

しめ

た

。

The negligence caused his death.

Written forms

死しに至いたらしめる
Standard kanji spelling using 至らしめる, the causative form of 至る.
死しにいたらしめる
Kana spelling of the causative part; common in less formal writing or when avoiding complex kanji.

Kanji

死death, die
至climax, arrive, proceed

Similar words

殺ころす
殺す is the common, direct verb for 'to kill'. 死に至らしめる is more formal and emphasizes the causation of death, often used in abstract or legal contexts.
死しなせる
死なせる is the plain causative of 死ぬ ('to let die' or 'to cause to die'). 死に至らしめる is more emphatic and literary, implying a stronger or more inevitable causation.

Etymology

Compound of 死に (continuative of 死ぬ 'to die') + 至らしめる (causative of 至る 'to reach, to result in'). The form 至らしめる is a classical causative equivalent to modern 至らせる.