death warrant
noun/ˈdeθ wɒrənt/
/ˈdeθ wɔːrənt/
- an official document stating that somebody should receive the punishment of being killed for a crime that they have committed
- The president signed the death warrant.
- If you pay the ransom, you may be signing your son's death warrant.
- (figurative) By withdrawing the funding, the government signed the project's death warrant.
- The king refused to sign the death warrant for his old friend.
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