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angel of death

NOUN
Grim Reaper
Synonyms
WEAK


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She is at once guardian angel and angel of death, watching over hallowed ground while carrying a tool of invasive modernity with her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Even their name - saja - translates to "angel of death", among other things.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2025

At a recent performance, the message seemed like a follow-up to the first act, a way to explain the presence of a wolflike dog that stalked Sigmund and Sieglinde like an angel of death.

From New York Times • Feb. 14, 2024

To save her twin brother, who has leprosy, 12-year-old Ziva runs away with him, with the angel of death in swift pursuit.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2022

With its great black wings of spray, arcing above the rigging, it rose before them like an angel of death.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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