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A decree that someone be put to death as a punishment for a crime; a sentence of execution.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Anything that spells death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- Having the Huntington's gene is a death sentence.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
doodsvonnis
— sentence
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Armenian:
մահապատիժ
(mahapatiž)
— sentence
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Azerbaijani:
ölüm cümləsi
— sentence
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Bulgarian:
смъртна присъда
(smǎrtna prisǎda)
— sentence
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Chinese Mandarin:
死刑
(sǐxíng)
— sentence
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Danish:
dødsdom
— sentence
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Dutch:
doodstraf
— sentence
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Dutch:
doodvonnis
— sentence
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Esperanto:
mortkondamno
— sentence
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Finnish:
kuolemantuomio
— sentence
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French:
arrêt de mort
— sentence
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French:
sentence de mort
— sentence
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French:
condamnation à mort
— sentence
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Georgian:
სასიკვდილო განაჩენი
(sasiḳvdilo ganačeni)
— sentence
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German:
Todesurteil
— sentence
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Greek:
θανατική καταδίκη
(thanatikí katadíki)
— sentence
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Greek:
θανατική ποινή
(thanatikí poiní)
— sentence
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Hebrew:
עונש מוות
— sentence
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Hebrew:
גזר דין מוות
— sentence
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Hebrew:
פסק דין מוות
— sentence
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Hungarian:
halálbüntetés
— sentence
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Hungarian:
halálos ítélet
— sentence
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Icelandic:
dauðadómur
— sentence
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Indonesian:
hukuman mati
— sentence
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Indonesian:
pidana mati
— sentence
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Japanese:
死刑判決
(shikei hanketsu)
— sentence
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Korean:
사형 선고
(sahyeong seon'go)
— sentence
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Korean:
사형 언도
(sahyeong eondo)
— sentence
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Kyrgyz:
өлүм жазасы
(ölüm jazası)
— sentence
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Macedonian:
смртна казна
(smrtna kazna)
— sentence
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Odia:
ପ୍ରାଣଦଣ୍ଡାଜ୍ଞା
(prāṇadaṇḍājñā)
— sentence
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Polish:
wyrok śmierci
— sentence
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Portuguese:
pena de morte
— sentence
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Romanian:
condamnare la moarte
— sentence
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Romanian:
sentință la moarte
— sentence
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Russian:
сме́ртный пригово́р
(smértnyj prigovór)
— sentence
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Spanish:
sentencia de muerte
— sentence
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Swedish:
dödsdom
— sentence
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Tajik:
ҳукми қатл
(hukm-i qatl)
— sentence
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Telugu:
మరణ శిక్ష
(maraṇa śikṣa)
— sentence
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Telugu:
మరణ దండన
(maraṇa daṇḍana)
— sentence
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Thai:
โทษประหาร
(thos̄ʹ prah̄ār)
— sentence
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Turkish:
ölüm cezası
— sentence
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Ukrainian:
сме́ртний ви́рок
(smértnyj výrok)
— sentence
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Uzbek:
o'lim jazosi
— sentence
