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death

 
 
/deθ/ noun

Translation

[C, U] the end of life
ölüm, ebdiyete intikal
Do you believe in life after death? We need to reduce the number of deaths from heart attacks. a death threat456
to death until you die
ölünceye dek/kadar
He was beaten to death by a gang of youths.4561247
put sb to death to kill someone as a punishment
idam etmek, ölüm cezasıyla cezalandırmak
[often passive] She was put to death for her beliefs.456
frightened/bored, etc to death informal extremely frightened/bored, etc
korkudan ödü patlamak, çok korkmak, yüreği ağzına gelmek
She's scared to death of dogs.1245
(Definition of death noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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