Definition for death warrant - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	death warrant (death war\|rant) noun an official order for the execution of a condemned person: he signed the king’s death warrant in 1649 figurative he signed his own death warrant by being seen as a peacemaker		More words in this category advocate alienate bind capo 2 criminalize deposition disallow entry exclusion order expert witness foreclose grant imperfect indemnify jurisdiction recoup recover Sunna usurious violence Nearby Words death roll death row death sentence death slide death song death squad death tax death toll Death Valley death warrant death wish death's head death's head hawkmoth death-dealing death-or-glory death-watch beetle deathbed deathless deathly