ALL meanings of pre-death
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P p - noun pre-death the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death. 1
- noun pre-death an instance of this: a death in the family; letters published after his death. 1
- noun pre-death the state of being dead: to lie still in death. 1
- noun pre-death extinction; destruction: It will mean the death of our hopes. 1
- noun pre-death manner of dying: a hero's death. 1
- noun pre-death (usually initial capital letter) the agent of death personified, usually represented as a man or a skeleton carrying a scythe. Compare Grim Reaper. 1
- noun pre-death Also called spiritual death. loss or absence of spiritual life. 1
- noun pre-death Christian Science. the false belief that life comes to an end. 1
- noun pre-death bloodshed or murder: Hitler was responsible for the death of millions. 1
- noun pre-death a cause or occasion of death: You'll be the death of me yet! 1
- noun pre-death Archaic. pestilence; plague. Compare Black Death. 1
- idioms pre-death at death's door, in serious danger of death; gravely ill: Two survivors of the crash are still at death's door. 1
- idioms pre-death be death on, Informal. to be excessively strict about: That publisher is death on sloppily typed manuscripts. to be snobbish about or toward. to be able to cope with easily and successfully: The third baseman is death on pop flies. 1
- idioms pre-death do to death, to kill, especially to murder. to repeat too often, to the point of becoming monotonous and boring: That theme has been done to death. 1
- idioms pre-death in at the death, Fox Hunting. present at the kill. present at the climax or conclusion of a situation. 1
- idioms pre-death put to death, to kill; execute. 1
- idioms pre-death to death, to an extreme degree; thoroughly: sick to death of the heat. 1