loss of life

noun

Death.

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Meanings

nounloss of life (countable and uncountable, plural losses of life)

plural losses of life

  1. countableeuphemisticuncountableDeath.

    The new age comes through the death of Jesus, and his loss of life brings abundance to everyone.

    2004, Susan Miller, Women in Mark's Gospel, page 137
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    Chief Superintendent Alasdair Robinson said the device left below the M1 motorway was "sophisticated and substantial" and could have caused huge devastation and loss of life.

    2011 April 10, Henry McDonald, The Guardian
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