slow death

collocation in English

meaningsofslowanddeath

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slow
adjective
uk
/sləʊ/us
/sloʊ/
moving, happening, or doing something without ...
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death
noun[C or U]
uk
/deθ/us
/deθ/
the end ...
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(Definition ofslowanddeathfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofslow death

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He died a veryslowdeath.
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Our concerns are about the future and theslowdeathof the adult education service because it would not disappear but would gradually deteriorate.
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It may be better that they should suffer sudden death rather than thisslowdeathof living on hope.
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If the substance were labelled explicitly, this industry would die aslowdeath.
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This would spell aslowdeathfor the passenger services.
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Some face closure orslowdeath; others will have to curtail their activities severely.
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They will also have seen theslowdeathwhich, frankly, those conditions involve.
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What we have just heard is a prologue to theslowdeathof fundholding in the national health service.
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Our traditions die hard, but in thatslowdeathour whole economic outlook is suffering.
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Unless we can find an imaginative solution that will keep it going, it will die aslowdeath.
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Such aslowdeathis absolutely impossible in coursing, in my observation.
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Its structure has been copied all over the world, and itsslowdeathby a thousand cuts would not be welcomed.
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The miners say that if their industry is to be sentenced to death they would rather have a quick than aslowdeath.
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But what we have already done in this world is to sentence to mutation andslowdeaththousands upon thousands of children in future generations.
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If we are to retain public confidence it must adapt or die aslowdeath.
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It will cause theslowdeathby starvation of millions of people and millions more will wander the world looking for a home.
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The consequence of this indecision isslowdeathof what should be the heart of a community.
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