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death | prodeath |

As a proper noun death

is the personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

As an adjective prodeath is

(us|politics|derogatory) pro-choice.

death

English

(wikipedia death)

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
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  • *:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too..
  • *1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , Ch.I:
  • *:"‘Death ,’" quoted Warwick, with whose mood the undertaker's remarks were in tune, "‘is the penalty that all must pay for the crime of living.’"
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell
    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance , passage=Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}
  • The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
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  • (lb) The collapse or end of something.
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    Derived terms

    * accidental death * angel of death * at death's door * Black Death * brain death * cause of death * cell death * civil death * clinical death * cot death * dance of death * dead * deadly * death adder * death angel * death bell * death benefit * death by burning * death by fire * death camas * death camp * death cap * death certificate * death chair * death chamber * death cross * death cup * death drive * death duty * death growl * death house * death instinct * death knell * death march * death mask * death metal * death penalty * death phase * death put * death rate * death rattle * death ray * death roll * death row * death seat * death sentence * death spiral * death squad * death stick * death tax * death to * death toll * Death Valley * death warrant * death wish * death's-head * deathbird * deathblow * deathful * deathless * deathlike * deathly * deathmatch * deathsman * deathward * deathwatch * deathy * fan death * heat death * human death * infant death * instadeath * kiss of death * life-and-death * life-or-death * like death warmed over * living death * megadeath * near-death * put to death * screen death * sentence to death * sudden death * sudden infant death syndrome * valley of death * violent death * voodoo death * wrongful death (lookfrom)

    See also

    * afterlife * die * the big one * the big sleep * cemetery * early grave * funeral * graveyard * morgue * mortal * mortician * mortuary * obituary * tombstone * cremation

    External links

    * The Definition of Death - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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    prodeath

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pro-death

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (US, politics, derogatory) pro-choice
  • * 1982 , " Abortion Clinics Prepare For New Law", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 1982 December 8:
    • A contrary view was expressed by Helen Cindrich, president of People Concerned for the Unborn Child.
    "He (Huyett) has not crumpled under the pressure of the well-funded prodeath profiteers," she said in a press release.
  • (sometimes, derogatory) Supporting capital punishment in a particular case or in general.
  • * 1970 , " Police Officials Testify For Death Penalty", The Owosso Argus-Press , 1970 February 5:
    • Rep. Gustave Groat Sr., R-Battle Creek, summed up the sentiments of many of the prodeath witnesses when he declared
  • * 1982 , " Court Hears Appeals By Convicted Killers", Sarasota Herald-Tribune , 1982 January 27:
    • Despite its alleged predisposition, Dobbert's jury recommended a life sentence, 10-2, but Doherty argued that a prodeath jury is more likely to convict.
  • * 1986 , " Mentally Incompetent: Should They Be Protected From Execution?", The Argus-Press , 1986 April 4:
    • "We believe the decision of competence should be made by a judge, not by the governor. The governor of this state is too prodeath The decision should be decided by a neutral judicial process," said Dick Burr, a public defender who raised the competency question for condemned inmate Alvin Ford.
  • * 1994 , Phoebe C. Ellsworth, " Some steps between attitudes and verdicts," in Inside the Juror: The Psychology of Juror Decision Making (ed. Reid Hastie), Cambridge University Press (1994), ISBN 0-521-47755-7:
    • In contrast, the constellation of attitudes associated with the prodeath stance leads us to expect that these jurors would make more remarks in favor of the prosecution side of the case;
  • (biochemistry) triggering cell death
  • * 2009 , Jack Uetrecht, Adverse Drug Reactions
    • Damage or injury to mitochondria can have profound effects on ATP and ROS levels, as well as release of prodeath proteins such as cytochrome c...

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