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| a fate worse than death n | figurative (terrible misfortune) (مصيبة رهيبة) | مصيبة هائلة يصْعب تحمّلها |
| a fate worse than death n | euphemism, obsolete (loss of virginity) (فقدان العذرية) | مصيبة هائلة يصْعب تحمّلها |
| accidental death benefit n | (life insurance) (تأمين على الحياة) | تعويض الوفاة بحادث |
| Angel of Death n | (death personified) | ملاك الموت |
| | Some say that the devil is the Angel of Death. |
| at death's door adv | figurative (very ill, about to die) | على حافة قبره، على شفير الموت |
| be in your death throes v expr | (be actively dying) | يكون في نزاع مع الموت |
| be the death of [sb] v expr | (cause [sb]'s death) | يسبّب موت شخص |
| be the death of [sth] v expr | figurative (cause the decline of [sth]) | يكون سبب نهاية شيء، يكون سبب القضاء على شيء |
| | Online news may prove to be the death of print media. |
| beat [sb/sth] to death v expr | (cause death by hitting repeatedly) | يضرب شخصًا/شيئًا حتى الموت |
| | The thieves beat the man to death in order to steal his wallet. |
Black Death,
black plague n | (plague epidemic: 14th century) (جائحة الطاعون في القرن 14) | الموت الأسود |
| | The Black Death spread across Europe in the mid-14th century. |
| bleed to death v expr | (die of blood loss) | ينزف حتى الموت |
bore [sb] to tears,
bore [sb] to death v expr | figurative, informal (make very bored) | يُضجر شخصًا للغاية |
| bored to death adj | figurative, informal (be weary from lack of stimulation) | ضجِر جدّاً، زهقان |
| | Sitting in class, he was bored to death with the teacher's lecture. You looked bored to death during that play! |
| brain death n | (stopping of brain function) | موت دماغي |
| burn to death v expr | (die by fire) | يموت حرقًا |
be burned to death,
also UK: be burnt to death v expr | (be killed by fire) | يُقتل حرقًا، يُعدم حرقًا |
| | Joan of Arc was burned to death. |
catch your death,
catch your death of cold v expr | informal (catch a bad cold) | يصاب بنزلة برد شديدة |
| cause of death n | (medical reason [sb] has died) | سبب الوفاة |
| | An autopsy may be necessary to discover the cause of death. |
| cheat death v expr | (escape [sth] life-threatening) | يفر من الموت |
| | The dog cheated death in running across the busy street. |
crib death (US),
cot death (UK) n | colloquial (sudden infant death syndrome) | الموت المفاجئ عند الرضّع |
| death angel | (religion) | ملاك الموت، مَلَك الموت |
| death benefit n | (insurance) (في التأمين) | إعانة وفاة، تعويض وفاة |
| death blow n | (final attack) (هجوم أخير) | ضربة قاتلة، ضربة قاضية |
| death camp | (concentration camp) | معسكر موت، معسكر إبادة |
| death certificate n | (official record of [sb]'s death) | شهادة وفاة |
| | I received my father's death certificate in the mail about a month after he passed. |
| death chamber n | (gas chamber) | غرفة الإعدام بالغاز |
| death date n | (day on which [sb] died) | تاريخ الوفاة |
| | I have been able to track down his birth date but I can't find a record of his death date. |
| death date n | (anniversary of death date) | ذكرى الوفاة |
death duty,
estate duty n | historical (former UK tax) (قديمًا في المملكة المتحدة) | ضريبة التركات، ضريبة الأيلولة |
| death knell n | figurative (sign of imminent demise) (مجازي) | جرس الموت، ناقوس الموت |
| | The CD format sounded the death knell for cassettes. |
| Death Knight n | (game character) (شخصية لعب خيالية) | فارس الموت |
| death mask | (cast of dead person's face) (قالب لوجه شخص ميت) | قناع الميت |
| death metal n | (music genre) (من أنواع الموسيقى) | "ديث ميتل" |
| death notice n | (card: announces [sb] has died) | بطاقة نعي، إخطار وفاة |
| | The death notice was on black card, edged with gold. |
| death notice n | (obituary) | نعي |
| | I didn't even realize she'd been ill until I saw the death notice in the newspaper. |
| death penalty n | (capital punishment) | عقوبة الإعدام |
| | His sentence was the death penalty. |
| death rate n | (number of people dying) | معدَّل الوفيات |
| | A country's population increases if the birth rate is higher than the death rate. |
| death rattle n | (sound) | حشرجة الموت |
| death row n | (prison cell block) (في السجن) | قسم المحكومين بالإعدام |
| | Some of the most violent criminals of our time are sitting on death row. |
| death sentence n | (law: punishment of execution) | عقوبة الإعدام |
| death squad n | (group of executioners) (فرقة تنفيذ اغتيالات) | فرقة موت |
| death stare n | slang, figurative (hostile look) | نظرة عدائيّة |
| | I got the death stare from Alice when she saw me flirting with her boyfriend. |
| death tax n | often plural (law: payable after death) | ضريبة الإرث |
| | | ضريبة الإرث |
| | After Lou's heirs paid death tax, there was virtually nothing left of his inheritance. |
| death threat n | (statement of intent to kill [sb]) | تهديد بالقتل |
| | (تحذير: لافتة) | خطر الموت |
| | He has received death threats because of his opposition to the new immigration law. |
| death throes npl | (final pangs, convulsions) | سكرات الموت |
| | The animal's death throes gradually weakened. |
| death throes npl | figurative (business: before dissolution) | فترة ما قبل الإفلاس |
| | The troubled company is in its final death throes. |
| death toll n | (total number of deaths) | حصيلة القتلى، الخسائر في الأرواح |
| | The death toll from the earthquake is rising rapidly as more and more bodies are found. |
| death trap n | figurative (unsafe building or vehicle) (يهدِّد بالموت) | شيء غير آمن |
| death warrant n | (order of execution) | أمر إعدام |
| death warrant n | ([sth] that ends hope) | ضربة قاضية لكلّ أمل |
| death wish n | (psychiatry: desire to die) | تمني الموت |
| | Alex's behaviour is symptomatic of a death wish. |
| deathbed n | (bed of a dying person) | فراش الموت، ساعات الاحتضار الأخيرة |
| | All of the children were called to their father's deathbed. |
| die a natural death v expr | (die of natural causes) | يموت ميتة طبيعية |
| | According to the coroner's report, Brown died a natural death. |
die the death,
die a death v expr | UK, informal (cease to be popular) | لا يعود رائجًا |
| | The fashion for Sanskrit tattoos seems to have died the death. |
| do [sth] to death v expr | informal, figurative, often passive (overdo [sth], do [sth] too often) | يفرط في فعل شيء |
| | Hollywood has done vampire movies to death. |
| early death n | (death before reaching old age) | موت مبكر |
| | His smoking habit led to an early death. |
freeze,
freeze to death vi | figurative (person: get very cold) (مجازي) | يتجمد، يتجمد من البرد |
| | Kate's friend was taking ages to open the door. "Hurry up," Kate shouted. "Let me in before I freeze!" |
| | تأخرت صديقة كايت كثيرًا لتفتح الباب لها. فصرخت كايت: "أسرعي! أدخليني قبل أن أتجمد من البرد!". |
| freeze to death v expr | (die of extreme cold) | يموت من البرد |
| | It's so cold out here I think I'm going to freeze to death. |
| have a death wish v expr | figurative, informal (behave in a reckless way) (يتصرّف بتهوّر) | لا تهمه الحياة |
| | He drives that car as though he has a death wish. |
| have a death wish v expr | (psychiatry: wish for death) | يتمنى الموت |
| | A psychiatrist diagnosed James as having a death wish. |
| in the face of death expr | (when confronting death) | في وجه الموت |
| | A bullfighter stands in the face of death every time he goes into the ring. |
| kiss of death n | figurative ([sth] with a destructive effect) (مجازي) | ضربة قاضية |
| | This timeslot has proved to be the kiss of death for many previous programs. |
| life-and-death n as adj | figurative (vitally important) | مصيريّ |
| life-or-death n as adj | (with death as possible result) | يعرّض نفسه للموت |
| life-or-death n as adj | figurative (extremely important) (بالغ الأهمية) | مصيريّ |
| living death n | (joyless existence or experience) | بؤس |
| | Sitting in history class was living death. |
a matter of life and death,
a matter of life or death,
a life-or-death matter n | (issue of vital importance) | قضية حياة أو موت، مسألة أساسية |
| | Getting out of a burning house fast is a matter of life and death. |
| natural death n | (death resulting from natural causes) | ميتة طبيعية |
| | My grandfather was killed in an accident, but my grandmother died a natural death. |
be near death,
be close to death v expr | (be about to die) | يُحتضر، يدنو من الموت |
| near-death experience n | (coming close to death) | الدنو من الموت |
out of the jaws of death,
from the jaws of death adv | figurative (out of mortal danger) | براثن الموت |
| | In the last scene, the hero snatches the heroine from the jaws of death just in time. |
| put [sb] to death v expr | often passive (execute) | يعدم شخصًا |
| | In the past, criminals were often put to death in the most brutal manner. |
| scared to death adj | figurative, informal (terrified) | مذعور، مرتعب، خائف كثيرًا |
| | When I was a child I was scared to death of werewolves. |
| sentence of death n | (being condemned to execution) | عقوبة الإعدام |
| | The judge passed a sentence of death on the convicted murderer. |
| be sick to death of [sth/sb] v expr | figurative, informal (have had enough of) | يضيق ذرعًا بشيء/بشخص، يطفح كيله من شيء/شخص |
| SIDS n | acronym (sudden infant death syndrome) | متلازمة موت الرضَّع المفاجئ |
| stab [sb] to death v expr | often passive (kill [sb] by knife attack) | يطعن شخصًا حتى الموت، يقتل شخصًا طعنًا |
| sudden death n | figurative (sports: overtime) (في الرياضة: يُلعب عند تعادل النتيجة) | شوط إضافيّ |
| sudden infant death syndrome n | (death of a baby during sleep) | متلازمة موت الرضّع المفاجئ |
tickled pink,
tickled to death adj | informal, figurative (delighted) | يفرح كثيرًا |
| | When I heard you two were getting married, I was tickled pink. |
| violent death n | (loss of life due to accident or attack) | ميتة عنيفة |
| | He suffered a violent death at the hands of an unknown attacker. |