Meanings
adjectivedeath-defying (comparative more death-defying, superlative most death-defying)
comparative more death-defying · superlative most death-defying
- Very perilous; involving a lot of danger.
Mature might not have been in on the singing, but he does get to end the movie in fine style with a spectacular helicopter chase at an abandoned airbase, where we witness a death-defying stunt as the helicopter flies through an open hangar.
2012, James McKay, The Films of Victor Mature (Chapter "The Las Vegas Story")
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death-defying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death-defying
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“death-defying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death-defying. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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