terminally ill

idiom

: having a disease that cannot be cured and will cause death

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That path led him to focus on providing compassionate care for the terminally ill in hospice. Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 The organization’s mission centers on providing terminally ill children and their families with free vacations based out of Give Kids the World Village in Kissimmee. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025 His final Sounds of the 70s came in October, a few months after it was announced that Walker was terminally ill. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024 Just two months ago, on Carter’s 100th birthday, Trump suggested the terminally ill centenarian was happy because Joe Biden had finally replaced him as the worst president ever. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for terminally ill 

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“Terminally ill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terminally%20ill. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

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