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Synonym for death Neutral Pop one's clogs [2] To die Humorous, [1] Informal [2] British. "Pop" is English slang for "pawn." A 19th-century working man might tell his family to take his clothes to the pawn shop to pay for his funeral, with his clogs among the most valuable items. Promoted to Glory: Death of a Salvationist: Formal Salvation Army ...
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
Imminent peril, or imminent danger, [1] is an American legal concept that defines the term as "certain danger, immediate, and impending; menacingly close at hand, and threatening."
What does 'imminent death' mean from a medical perspective? It's a medical term, Dr. Lauren Streicher, a clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University's Feinberg ...
A death rattle is noisy breathing that often occurs in someone near death. [1] Accumulation of fluids such as saliva and bronchial secretions in the throat and upper airways is the cause. [ 2 ] Those who are dying may lose their ability to swallow and may have increased production of bronchial secretions, resulting in such an accumulation. [ 3 ]
The statement must relate to the circumstances or the cause of the declarant's own impending death. For example, in the dying declaration of Clifton Chambers in 1988, he stated that ten years earlier, he had helped his son bury a man whom the son had killed by accident.
Nearly 1.4 million children are at 'imminent risk' of death in famines in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, UNICEF said on Tuesday.
Describing a feeling is often tough, but “impending doom is an overwhelming sensation that something terrible or life-threatening is about to happen to you or others,” says Sanam Hafeez, PsyD ...