Death, slaughter. (In Old English also collective the slain; rarely a slain person.)
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释义 | the world > life > death > [noun] > general loss of life (11) walc900 Death, slaughter. (In Old English also collective the slain; rarely a slain person.) qualeeOE Death, mortality; destruction; plague. qualmOE General or widespread death or mortality; pestilence, plague. mortc1330 Death, slaughter. Obsolete. murraina1387 Death, mortality, esp. by infectious disease or pestilence; (occasionally) slaughter. Obsolete. loss of lifec1405 The fact of losing (something specified or contextually implied). See the senses of lose, v.1 Const… the being put to death (as a punishment)… mortality?a1425 Loss of life on a large scale; abnormal frequency of death, as by war or pestilence; (formerly) spec. †a visitation of deadly plague (obsolete). megadeath1953 The death of a million people, esp. as a unit in estimating the possible effects of nuclear warfare; (more generally) the death of a very large… Subcategories:— in battle (3) |
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