angel of death

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angel of death

noun angels of death

  1. An angel which attends to death, collecting souls at death, ending life at the appointed time of death.

    Similar: death angel

  2. Azrael.
  3. Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
  4. The Grim Reaper.
  5. of Japanese A shinigami.
  6. A type of serial killer who is employed as a caregiver and kills people under their care. New evidence could lead to the freeing of a nurse known as the “angel of death” who was convicted of killing four patients.

    Similar: angel of mercy

  7. Synonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”).

    Similar: destroying angel

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noun personification of death in fiction and in art

Españolángel de la muerte
한국어사신 sasin
Portuguêsanjo da morte
Françaisange de la mort
DeutschTodesengel
Italianoangelo della morte
Ελληνικάάγγελος θανάτου ángelos thanátou
Românăîngerul morții
Русскийа́нгел сме́рти ángel smérti, смерть smertʹ
Tiếng Việttử thần, thần chết
العربيةمَلَك الْمَوْت malak al-mawt, مَلَك مَوْت malak mawt
עבריתמַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת mal'ákh hamávet

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@misc{angel_of_death_2026,
  title = {angel of death},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/angel%20of%20death},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}