Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The practice of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime.

    Todesstrafe

    сме́ртная казньsmértnaja kaznʹ, вы́сшая ме́ра наказа́нияvýsšaja méra nakazánija, вы́сшая ме́раvýsšaja méra

    сме́ртна ка́раsmértna kára, ви́ща мі́ра покара́нняvýšča míra pokaránnja

    putting a condemned person to death

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Many countries have abolished capital punishment.

    У багатьох країнах смертну кару скасовано. — aandrusiak

    ruМногие страны упразднили смертную казнь. — odexed

    deViele Länder haben die Todesstrafe abgeschafft. — Manfredo

  2. I'm against capital punishment.

    ruЯ против смертной казни. — odexed

  3. I'm totally against capital punishment.

    ruЯ категорически против смертной казни. — odexed

  4. We're fighting to abolish capital punishment.

  5. I think capital punishment should be abolished.

    deIch bin der Meinung, die Todesstrafe sollte abgeschafft werden. — brauchinet

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
punishment by death — see also death penalty:
Русский
By meaning 1
punishment by death — see also death penalty:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
punishment by death — see also death penalty:

Origin

From the original meaning of capital (“relating to the head”); originally referring to exe

From the original meaning of capital (“relating to the head”); originally referring to executions by beheading or decapitating.

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Forms

plural: capital punishments

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

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