From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthird degreeˌthird deˈgree noun → give somebody the third degree
Examples from the Corpus
third degree• There was no way she'd respond to a third degree, so I was hoping she'd decide I was harmless.• And would Feargal now give him the third degree?third-degreeˈthird-degree adjective [always before noun] 1 → third-degree burn2 → third-degree murder/burglary/assault etcExamples from the Corpus
third-degree• She was hospitalized in a critical condition after suffering third-degree burns, and died 21 days later.• Is it possible to get third-degree burns from a novelty cracker?• She incurred shrapnel wounds as well as third-degree burns.• He was suffering from third-degree ennui, and that was all there was to it. 