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extreme penalty

noun as in capital punishment

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Several of her witch accomplices were not so fortunate; they suffered the extreme penalty of the law.

At Chinon upwards of one hundred Jews suffered the extreme penalty of the law for such groundless crimes.

My officers are not to receive orders from any one but me, if they do not incur the extreme penalty of martial law.

There was I, an innocent and injured man, condemned to suffer the extreme penalty of the law.

Hall was reprieved, but Wilson and Robertson were left to suffer the extreme penalty of the law.

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On this page you'll find 5 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to extreme penalty, such as: death sentence, death warrant, execution, and judicial murder.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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