death sentence
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5.2
- noun
- /dɛθ ˈsɛntəns/
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:
condena a muerte
- This surrender is our death sentence.
- impose a death sentence
- carry out the death sentence
- receive a death sentence
So now the case is going through all the court proceedings and appeals that go with a death sentence.
- So now the case is going through all the court proceedings and appeals that go with a death sentence.
- In fact, now more death sentences are imposed in Dallas than are imposed in in in Houston.
- Well, listen, you know, you know, people say, you know, you know, the death sentence doesn't, you know it, it has no impact on crime.
Examples
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They gave him the death sentence.
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As Lord High Judge of this court, I hereby commute the death sentence.
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So if he leaves, it's almost like giving her a death sentence, right?
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Yeah, this is a death sentence for both sides.
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To be cast out from his people was little less than a death sentence.
Fiction book (1990) -
Both values are grounded in the simple fact that a death sentence is irreversible.
Academic text (1994) -
But the courts all the way through the state and federal courts upheld the death sentence for Jeffrey Leonard.
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Just two years after being exonerated for unjust charges, Bradley now finds himself held in solitary confinement and facing a possible death sentence.
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As you can see, we're here at the so-called Rivonia Trial, where Nelson Mandela and co-accused... ...face a possible death sentence for treason.
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The court decided to impose a death sentence on the convicted murderer.
Synonyms
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4.1
A legal punishment in which a person is killed for a very serious crime
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4.2
The legal killing of someone by the government for a serious crime
Antonyms
How Severe
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun combines 'death' (the end of life) with 'sentence' (a court-ordered punishment), so the meaning 'a court-imposed punishment of death' is directly and compositionally inferable from the parts. This construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., 'pena de muerte', 'condamnation à mort') and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun death sentence comes from court language: a judge gives a sentence, a formal decision, and when that decision is death it becomes an official order 'to die'.