Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sign one's death warrant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: sign one's death war-rant
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a decision that dooms one to certain death.

Example Sentences

"1921, Míchael Collins, after signing the Anglo-Irish Treaty Think — what have I got for Ireland? Something which she has wanted these past seven hundred years. Will anyone be satisfied at the bargain? Will anyone? I tell you this; early this morning I signed my death warrant. I thought at the time how odd, how ridiculous — a bullet may just as well have done the job five years ago."

Inflected Forms

signs one's death warrant (present, singular) signing one's death warrant (participle, present) signed one's death warrant (participle, past) signed one's death warrant (past)

Questions

What does sign one's death warrant mean?: To make a decision that dooms one to certain death.

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