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Examples of death wish in a Sentence
Have you seen the way she drives? She must have a death wish.
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Call it love, call it chemistry, call it some kind of unconscious death wish, but these two can’t keep their hands off each other.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2024
The many forms of Darby Allin’s death wish continues to be a story in 2024.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
Aslan is one of a rising number of young men in the West Bank with such a death wish, according to Palestinians in the camp.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 7 Sep. 2024
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—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near death wish
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“Death wish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/death%20wish. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
Medical Definition
death wish
noun
: the conscious or unconscious desire for the death of another or of oneself
called also destrudo
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