death warrant

death warrant

English

Noun

death warrant (plural death warrants)

1. An official warrant that authorizes capital punishment.
2. (figuratively) 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 Japanese: 死刑 (ja), 死罪, 極刑

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)