tragic end

collocation in English

meaningsoftragicandend

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tragic
adjective
uk
/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/us
/ˈtrædʒ.ɪk/
very sad, often involving death ...
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end
noun
uk
/end/us
/end/
the part of a place or thing that is furthest away from ...
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(Definition oftragicandendfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That, indeed, would be atragicend.
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There was nearly atragicendto the story.
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Since so few traces were left of him after histragicend, the scope of his work will perhaps never be sufficiently determined.
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For most religions, death is not atragicendbut the start of a new life.
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The fact is that crime, prosecution and sentence are thetragicendproduct of a series of adverse circumstances.
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The members of this council know thetragicendof the story through their visits and contacts.
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The novel has atragicendfor all its characters.
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He is betrayed and meets atragicend.
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It was a tender love story with atragicend.
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That was thetragicendthat befell a man who, according to his friends, was intelligent and articulate, albeit that he had strong idiosyncratic views.
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Would that not be atragicendto the great successes that we have achieved in lowering inflation in the past 18 months?
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It is curious that these two amendments should be linked, when one concerns a hopeful beginning to life and the other a possiblytragicend.
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Through our families, friends and constituencies, we probably all know individuals whose lives, even in recent years, have had atragicendin those circumstances.
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She also meets atragicendin several of her other films.
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And she stayed true to that faith to thetragicendof her life.
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His lifeless body was spotted from a helicopter, thus bringing the search to atragicend.
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Abernathy was once a bright vibrant, young woman whose dreams came to atragicend.
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The lovers come to atragicendand are buried separately.
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Thetragicendwas that when two of his clients came to remonstrate with him a fight ensued in which one of them lost his life.
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The episode discusses destiny, and leads the action to itstragicend, even something close to the "coir" (apostrophes).
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The local police department goes into high gear to solve the mystery but it all comes to atragicend.
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Thetragicendof his father brought home the reality that all life comes to an end.
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Atragicendof their romance comes from clash between physical and spiritual sides of human existence.
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We received some interesting correspondence from parents and relatives of those who had come to atragicenddue to their mental illness and lack of supervision in the community.
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