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GeezerVison is showing en.wiktionary.org — lethal injection - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Noun

lethal injection (countable and uncountable, plural lethal injections)

  1. A means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs.
    • 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 October 2026:
      Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.

Translations

method of execution
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 注射死刑 (zhùshè sǐxíng)
  • Finnish: myrkkyruiske (fi)
  • French: injection létale (fr) f
  • Greek: θανατηφόρα ένεση f (thanatifóra énesi)
  • Italian: iniezione letale f
  • Japanese: 薬殺刑 (yakusatsukei)
  • Portuguese: injeção letal f
  • Russian: please add this translation if you can
  • Spanish: inyección letal f
  • Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
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