- death sentence
- noun Date: 1799 1. a sentence condemning a convicted defendant to death 2. an affliction or a situation that is considered to be fatal; also a prognosis of death
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death sentence — 1. : a sentence condemning a convicted defendant to death 2. : an affliction or a situation that is considered to be fatal ; also : a prognosis of death * * * noun, pl ⋯ tences [count] 1 : the decision by a court of law that the punishment for… … Useful english dictionary
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death sentence — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms death sentence : singular death sentence plural death sentences 1) a judge s official statement ordering someone to be punished by death 2) informal something that will cause someone to die Having cancer is not … English dictionary
