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†(a) the supposed natural ability of a vulture to sense the (impending) death of a person or animal (obsolete rare); (b) an innate drive towards…
(a) an expedition or campaign to hunt or kill animals, an enemy, etc.; (b) = death instinct n. (b).
= death instinct n. at death, n. compounds 2.