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View synonyms for death warrant

death warrant

noun

  1. an official order authorizing the execution of the sentence of death.
  2. anything that ends hope, expectation, etc.


death warrant

noun

  1. the official authorization for carrying out a sentence of death
  2. sign one's death warrant or sign one's own death warrant
    to cause one's own destruction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of death warrant1

First recorded in 1685–95
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Example Sentences

The prelate however was not to be softened, and the king signed the death warrant with eyes steeped in tears.

The two comrades meet for the last time when the honest man announces his death-warrant to the knave.

Here his death warrant was signed, which is now preserved within the library of the House of Lords.

Those few last words whispered to Sapazani by the white arch-plotter had contained a death warrant.

But whether or not, in granting independence to the Philippines, we shall be signing the death-warrant of the highlander.

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