fear death

collocation in English

meaningsoffearanddeath

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fear
noun[C or U]
uk
/fɪər/us
/fɪr/
an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening or ...
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death
noun[C or U]
uk
/deθ/us
/deθ/
the end ...
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(Definition offearanddeathfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffear death

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It is not that we wish to remain alive because wefeardeath.
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Surely we do not need statistics to tell us that menfeardeathand will avoid it if they can.
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We have spent six years teaching people to use arms and violence, and, incidentally, we have spent those six years teaching those people not tofeardeath.
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She finds it fascinating that a man does notfeardeatheven if the man seems to suffer from his own brand of insanity.
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How should onefeardeathand deny his heart?
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Men should notfeardeath, but dishonor and defeat.
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Dacian culture encouraged its soldiers to notfeardeath, and it was said that they left for war merrier than for any other journey.
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She does notfeardeath, she says, because death would allow her to be reunited with her husband.
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However, the ministers in the capital are not disheartened, and the loyal warriors outside the capital do notfeardeath.
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They are fanatical, never surrender and do notfeardeath.
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We must notfeardeathand research the dying process just as we would any other biological process.
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The ogberis (ignorant folks)feardeathbecause it marks the end of an existence that is known and the beginning of one that is unknown.
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But peoplefeardeatheven more than pain.
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She does notfeardeath, but fears that the narrator will leave the valley after her death and transfer his love to someone else.
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Most of the interviewees did notfeardeath; some would welcome it.
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She continues tofeardeathat her father's hands.
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He does notfeardeath; nor will he act in a way contrary to his religious duty.
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He does notfeardeath, and is sometimes seen wearing clothing with the number 42 on it.
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