xử bắn

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To sentence to death by firing squad: A judicial punishment where a person is legally condemned to be executed by a group of people shooting them with firearms.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Tòa án đã xử bắn tên phản bội. (The court sentenced the traitor to death by firing squad.)
  • Bản án cuối cùng cho tội ác chiến tranh là xử bắn. (The final sentence for the war crime was execution by firing squad.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is specific to a historical or formal legal context, often associated with military tribunals or periods of war. It denotes a method of carrying out a capital punishment sentence.

Variants and Related Words

• Xử tử (v): to execute, a general term for carrying out a death sentence.

  • Hắn bị kết án và xử tử. (He was convicted and executed.)

• Tử hình (n): death penalty, capital punishment.

  • Bản án tử hình được tuyên vào sáng nay. (The death sentence was pronounced this morning.)

Synonyms

• To execute by firing squad: The direct equivalent action.
• To put before a firing squad: A descriptive phrase for the punishment.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms directly using the term "xử bắn." Its usage is almost exclusively literal and judicial.