death sentence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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A decree that someone be put to death as a punishment for a crime; a sentence of execution.
Comrades, here and now I pronounce the death sentence upon Snowball.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:Tyrion’s tears contain the symbolic weight of his whole life; he wouldn’t be here if not for Jaime, as he admits, and his last hope is to give the man who risked everything to help him survive the same chance. Tyrion knows it’s a death sentence from Daenerys to betray her in this way, but he no longer cares.
2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 May 2019:
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(figuratively) Anything that spells death.
Having the Huntington's gene is a death sentence.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| death sentences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
anally inflicted death sentence
Relateds
Translations (45)
th โทษประหาร (sentence) · nl doodvonnis (sentence) · cmn 死刑 (sentence) · fi kuolemantuomio (sentence) · hu halálos ítélet (sentence) · fr arrêt de mort (sentence) · fr condamnation à mort (sentence) · es sentencia de muerte (sentence) · he עונש מוות (sentence) · id hukuman mati (sentence) · id pidana mati (sentence) · ja 死刑判決 (sentence) · ro condamnare la moarte (sentence) · ko 사형 선고 (sentence) · ru сме́ртный пригово́р (sentence) · ka სასიკვდილო განაჩენი (sentence) · uk сме́ртний ви́рок (sentence) · af doodsvonnis (sentence) · uz o'lim jazosi (sentence) · pl wyrok śmierci (sentence) · ko 사형 언도 (sentence) · te మరణ శిక్ష (sentence) · eo mortkondamno (sentence) · sv dödsdom (sentence) · tg ҳукми қатл (sentence) · da dødsdom (sentence) · fr sentence de mort (sentence) · te మరణ దండన (sentence) · pt pena de morte (sentence) · az ölüm cümləsi (sentence) · el θανατική καταδίκη (sentence) · is dauðadómur (sentence) · de Todesurteil (sentence) · el θανατική ποινή (sentence) · tr ölüm cezası (sentence) · mk смртна казна (sentence) · hu halálbüntetés (sentence) · hy մահապատիժ (sentence) · nl doodstraf (sentence) · he פסק דין מוות (sentence) · or ପ୍ରାଣଦଣ୍ଡାଜ୍ଞା (sentence) · ro sentință la moarte (sentence) · he גזר דין מוות (sentence) · bg смъртна присъда (sentence) · ky өлүм жазасы (sentence)