Noun
(law) A decree that someone be put to death as a punishment for a crime; a sentence of execution.
(figuratively) Anything that spells death.
Having the Huntington's gene is a death sentence.
There must be a punitive expedition against the Jews in Russia, a punitive expedition which will expect: death sentence and execution. Then the world will see the end of the Jews is also the end of Bolshevism. Julius Streicher
Keep in mind that this appears in the same book of the Bible that approves the death sentence for a child who curses his parents, owners of oxen who injure someone through the owner's negligence, anybody who works or kindles a fire on Sunday, and anyone who has sex with an animal. Jim Butcher
The risk of racial prejudice infecting a capital sentencing proceeding is especially serious in light of the complete finality of the death sentence. Byron White
I feel at various times in my life that I've been at a point where I had to choose between a death sentence and a life sentence. And I want to live. What do I do to live? What do I do to be vital? And the answer is always creativity. The answer is always art. Jodie Foster
I have the death sentence in seven genres. Jasper Fforde
AIDS today is not a death sentence. It can be treated as a chronic illness, or a chronic disease. Yusuf Hamied