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the death penalty noun[ S ] uk /ˈdeθ ˌpen.əl.ti/ us /ˈdeθ ˌpen.əl.t̬i/ the legal punishment of death for a crime: 死刑 She would like to see the return of the death penalty in Britain.她希望英国恢复死刑。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Death penalties behead boot boots on the groundidiom burn capital offence capital punishment chair condemn death warrant decapitate decapitation electrocution firing squad guillotine hang hanging hangman hung stake the electric chair
death penalty | American Dictionary death penalty noun[ C ] us/ˈdeθ ˌpen·əl·ti/ the legal punishment of particular crimes by death |