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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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
But as a new sentencing hearing began, Osgood asked for another death sentence.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
The assignment to a penal detachment is arguably a death sentence, however, as Russia's military has routinely used ex-convict forces to conduct near-suicidal missions in the war against Ukraine, leading to high casualty rates.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
As any biologist, ecologist or zoologist will tell you, this can be a death sentence for an entire species.
—New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2025
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Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2025
But as a new sentencing hearing began, Osgood asked for another death sentence.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2025
The assignment to a penal detachment is arguably a death sentence, however, as Russia's military has routinely used ex-convict forces to conduct near-suicidal missions in the war against Ukraine, leading to high casualty rates.
—Anders Hagstrom, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2025
As any biologist, ecologist or zoologist will tell you, this can be a death sentence for an entire species.
—New Atlas, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for death sentence
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“Death sentence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20sentence. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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