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
Examples of death sentence in a Sentence
She received a death sentence for the murders.
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But federal authorities independently opted to pursue hate crime charges against Gendron that carry a death sentence.
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Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
That 2002 decision concluded that people with severe intellectual impairment must be exempt from a death sentence.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025
Inmates who have received a federal death sentence are executed at the federal death chamber in the U.S.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
The spiritual and titular leader of 1.3 billion Catholics was hospitalized for a severe respiratory infection that turned into double pneumonia and partial kidney failure — a scary diagnosis for the healthiest person, but a veritable death sentence for an 88-year-old missing part of one lung.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
That 2002 decision concluded that people with severe intellectual impairment must be exempt from a death sentence.
—Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025
Inmates who have received a federal death sentence are executed at the federal death chamber in the U.S.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2025
The spiritual and titular leader of 1.3 billion Catholics was hospitalized for a severe respiratory infection that turned into double pneumonia and partial kidney failure — a scary diagnosis for the healthiest person, but a veritable death sentence for an 88-year-old missing part of one lung.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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