death warrant

English

Noun

death warrant (plural death warrants)

1. An official warrant that authorizes capital punishment.
2. (figurative) That which definitively spells the end of something.

Synonyms

• execution warrant

Derived terms

• sign one's death warrant

Translations

warrant that authorizes capital punishment

• Arabic: عقوبَة الإعدام
• Czech: rozsudek smrti m
• French: condamnation à mort f
• German: Todesurteil (de) n, Hinrichtungsbefehl m
• Italian: condanna a morte f
• Polish: kara śmierci (pl) f
• Portuguese: sentença de morte f
• Russian: сме́ртная ка́знь (ru) f (smértnaja káznʹ)
• Spanish: sentencia de muerte f
• Turkish: ölüm cezası (tr), idam cezası (tr)
• Ukrainian: сме́ртний ви́рок m (smértnyj výrok)