death warrant

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death warrant

noun death warrants

  1. An official warrant that authorizes capital punishment.

    Similar: execution warrant

  2. figuratively That which definitively spells the end of something. Ordo Malleus Inquisitor: I hereby sign the death warrant of an entire world, and consign a million souls to oblivion.

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noun warrant that authorizes capital punishment

Españolsentencia de muerte
Portuguêssentença de morte
Françaiscondamnation à mort
DeutschTodesurteil, Hinrichtungsbefehl
Italianocondanna a morte
Русскийсме́ртная ка́знь smértnaja káznʹ
العربيةعقوبَة الإعدام

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@misc{death_warrant_2026,
  title = {death warrant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/death%20warrant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}