死しに至いたらしめる

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.