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death sentence

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death sentence noun
plural death sentences
death sentence
noun
plural death sentences
Learner's definition of DEATH SENTENCE
[count]
: the decision by a court of law that the punishment for someone's crime will be death死刑
: something (such as a disease) that is sure to cause death必然致死的事物;不治之症usually singular通常用单数
: an act or event that ends something permanently永久的停止;终止usually singular通常用单数
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death sentence

noun

1
: a sentence condemning a convicted defendant to death
2
: an affliction or a situation that is considered to be fatal
also : a prognosis of death

Example Sentences

She received a death sentence for the murders.
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Word History

First Known Use

1655, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of death sentence was in 1655
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