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But if Moo Deng was this year’s Eros, Crumbs the cat was its Thanatos.—Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024 Love Is a Gun is the directorial debut of 33-year-old Taiwanese actor Lee Hong-Chi, best known for his starring role in Thanatos, Drunk, which won him the best new performer prize at the 52nd Golden Horse Awards in 2015.—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2023 And, yes, there’s more than a hint of Thanatos at work here.—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
Word History
Etymology
Greek, death; akin to Sanskrit adhvanīt it vanished
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