death sentence

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death sentence

noun death sentences

  1. A decree that someone be put to death as a punishment for a crime; a sentence of execution. 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 long
  2. figuratively Anything that spells death. Having the Huntington's gene is a death sentence.

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noun sentence

Españolsentencia de muerte
한국어사형 선고 sahyeong seon'go, 사형 언도 sahyeong eondo
日本語死刑判決 shikei hanketsu
中文死刑 sǐxíng
Portuguêspena de morte
Françaisarrêt de mort, sentence de mort, condamnation à mort
DeutschTodesurteil
Ελληνικάθανατική καταδίκη thanatikí katadíki, θανατική ποινή thanatikí poiní
Românăcondamnare la moarte, sentință la moarte
Русскийсме́ртный пригово́р smértnyj prigovór
עבריתעונש מוות, גזר דין מוות, פסק דין מוות

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@misc{death_sentence_2026,
  title = {death sentence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/death%20sentence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}