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death warrant

death warrant noun: an official warrant that authorizes capital punishment.

Noun

death warrant (plural death warrants)

  1. An official warrant that authorizes capital punishment.
    Synonyms:
    execution warrant
  2. (figuratively) That which definitively spells the end of something.
    • Ordo Malleus Inquisitor: I hereby sign the death warrant of an entire world, and consign a million souls to oblivion.2011, Relic Entertainment, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Retribution, scene: Exterminatus declared on Typhon Primaris

death warrant meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

death warrant in Tamil

மரண தண்டனை நிறைவேற்றல் ஆணை

death warrant in Malayalam

warrant that authorizes capital punishment
ബ്ലാക്ക് വാറന്റ് blākkŭ vāṟanṟŭ

death warrant in Kannada

ವಧಾಜ್ಞೆ

death warrant in Arabic

warrant that authorizes capital punishment
عقوبَة الإعدام

Synonyms of death warrant

Forms of death warrant

pluraldeath warrants

Words formed from death warrant

Questions about death warrant

What does death warrant mean?
Death warrant means an official warrant that authorizes capital punishment.
What is death warrant in Tamil?
Death warrant in Tamil is மரண தண்டனை நிறைவேற்றல் ஆணை. See Death warrant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is death warrant?
Death warrant is a noun.
What is the plural of death warrant?
The plural of death warrant is death warrants.

Words near death warrant in the dictionary

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  2. death wail
  3. death wails
  4. death warmed over
  5. death warmed up
  6. death warrant
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  8. death whistle
  9. death whistles
  10. death wish
  11. death wishes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: death warrant (page history and authors); death warrant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); death warrant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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