"death warrant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: death warrants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death warrant (plural death warrants)
  1. An official warrant that authorizes capital punishment. Categories (topical): Capital punishment, Directives Synonyms: execution warrant Derived forms: sign one's death warrant Translations (warrant that authorizes capital punishment): عقوبَة الإعدام (Arabic), rozsudek smrti [masculine] (Czech), condamnation à mort [feminine] (French), Todesurteil [neuter] (German), Hinrichtungsbefehl [masculine] (German), condanna a morte [feminine] (Italian), ബ്ലാക്ക് വാറന്റ് (blākkŭ vāṟanṟŭ) (Malayalam), kara śmierci [feminine] (Polish), sentença de morte [feminine] (Portuguese), сме́ртная ка́знь (smértnaja káznʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sentencia de muerte [feminine] (Spanish), ölüm cezası (Turkish), idam cezası (Turkish), сме́ртний ви́рок (smértnyj výrok) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-death_warrant-en-noun-mPRZASfy Disambiguation of Directives: 54 46 Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'warrant that authorizes capital punishment': 96 4
  2. (figurative) That which definitively spells the end of something. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-death_warrant-en-noun-P3ZjBxmG Disambiguation of Directives: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 45 55

Inflected forms

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