noun
Meaning 1
An official warrant that authorizes capital punishment.
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Phrase guide
death warrant
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noun
Meaning 2
That which definitively spells the end of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 3
a warrant to execute the death sentence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: warrant
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عقوبَة الإعدام — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Czech: rozsudek smrti — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- French: condamnation à mort — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- German: Todesurteil — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- German: Hinrichtungsbefehl — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Italian: condanna a morte — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Malayalam: ബ്ലാക്ക് വാറന്റ് (blākkŭ vāṟanṟŭ) — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Polish: kara śmierci — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Portuguese: sentença de morte — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Russian: сме́ртная ка́знь (smértnaja káznʹ) — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Spanish: sentencia de muerte — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Turkish: ölüm cezası — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Turkish: idam cezası — warrant that authorizes capital punishment
- Ukrainian: сме́ртний ви́рок (smértnyj výrok) — warrant that authorizes capital punishment