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death

გამოთქმა: /dɛθ/

განმარტებულია death სიტყვის თარგმნა ფლექსია სინონიმები ანტონიმები

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  • the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism:he had been depressed since the death of his father [count noun]:an increase in deaths from skin cancer I don’t believe in life after death
  • the state of being dead:even in death, she was beautiful
  • the permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue.
  • (Death) the personification of the power that destroys life, often represented in art and literature as a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe. Also called the Grim Reaper.
  • the destruction or permanent end of something:the death of her hopes
  • a damaging or destructive state of affairs:to be driven to a dance by one’s father would be social death

as sure as death

quite certain.

at death's door

(especially in hyperbolic use) so ill that one may die: you’ve been out a lot, considering you’re supposed to be at death’s door

be the death of

(often used hyperbolically or humorously) cause someone’s death:you’ll be the death of me with all your questions

be in at the death

be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed.
be present when something fails or comes to an end.

catch one's death (of cold)

informal catch a severe cold or chill: don’t come out, dear, you’ll catch your death!

do someone to death

kill someone: he had been done to death by his two attackers

do something to death

perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar:a subject that has been done to death by generations of painters

a fate worse than death

a terrible experience: are you going to buy me a drink as well as rescuing me from a fate worse than death?

like death warmed up (or North American over)

informal extremely tired or ill: I feel like death warmed up

a matter of life and death

see life.

put someone to death

kill someone, especially with official sanction: the prisoner was found guilty of sabotage and put to death without trial

till (or until) death us do part

for as long as each of a couple live:to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, till death us do part
[from the marriage service in the Book of Common Prayer]

to death

used of a particular action or process that results in someone’s death:he was stabbed to death
used to emphasize the extreme nature of a specific action, feeling, or state of mind:I’m sick to death of you I’ve got used to speaking in public but it used to scare me to death

to the death

until dead:a fight to the death

deathlike

adjective

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