to sentence to death
11Death Wish — For the series, see Death Wish (film series). For the psychological condition, see Death drive. For other uses, see Death Wish (disambiguation). Death Wish   …
12death — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ early, premature, untimely ▪ The president s untimely death has thrown the country into chaos. ▪ sudden, unexpected ▪ immediate …
13death sentence — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms death sentence : singular death sentence plural death sentences 1) a judge s official statement ordering someone to be punished by death 2) informal something that will cause someone to die Having cancer is not …
14death — The cessation of life; permanent cessations of all vital functions and signs. Numerous states have enacted statutory definitions of death which include brain related criteria. For example, many states have adopted, sometimes with variations, the… …
15death — The cessation of life; permanent cessations of all vital functions and signs. Numerous states have enacted statutory definitions of death which include brain related criteria. For example, many states have adopted, sometimes with variations, the… …
16DEATH — In the Bible The Hebrew word for death is mavet (mawet) (Heb. מָוֶת) from the root mvt (mwt). For the Canaanites, Mwt (Mot) was the god of the underworld. Details of the myth of Mot are found in ugaritic literature. Mot fought against baal , the… …
17sentence — 1. noun /ˈsɛntəns/ a) Someones pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question. The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second. b) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. The judge… …
18sentence — n. & v. n. 1 a a set of words complete in itself as the expression of a thought, containing or implying a subject and predicate, and conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command. b a piece of writing or speech between two full stops… …
19death sentence — /ˈdɛθ sɛntəns/ (say deth sentuhns) noun a sentence of death, as in some judicial systems …
20death warrant — 1. an official order authorizing the execution of the sentence of death. 2. anything that ends hope, expectation, etc. [1685 95] * * * …
