absolution, collapse, debacle, downfall, exit, finish, lambasting, loss of life, purging, somatic death, vanquishment
Definitionn. euphemisms for death
Last update: August 25, 2015
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" This is probably a later addition made to the legend at a time when such facts as the capture of Edessa by Lusius Quietus in 116 and its second capture and the destruction of its kingdom by the Romans in 216 had faded from memory.6 4 On the mechanism of Syriac verse, see Duval's admirable section on la poesie syriaque (Litt. [Please select]
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A thrust of the trident gave the quietus to the vanquished foe. [Please select]
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The idea of the open Polar Sea then received its "quietus," for nothing but ice is there. [Please select]
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Being in no way hurt, he speedily recovered his feet, and declared he had given it its quietus. [Please select]
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I'd like to have had a look at him too, and let him see who has given him his quietus. [Please select]
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Not fifty paces from the river bank Henry Sedley received his quietus. [Please select]
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It is a memorial raised to the memory of his departed wife by Postumius Quietus, consul A. [Please select]
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I tell you, if ever I get the chance at him, he or I shall get his quietus. [Please select]
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"First live, then write," proved a quietus for many, and "Do the duty that lies nearest" satisfied the more sincere that they could be happy without fame. [Please select]
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His increasing professional duties and his political employments put a quietus to those finer intellectual indulgences with which his earlier years were fruitful. [Please select]
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