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n. (context poetic figuratively cliche English) A very nearly avoided, or a very probable, fatal situation.
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Jaws of Death is a 2005 documentary by Gautam Saikia about animals at Kaziranga National Park being hit by vehicular traffic while crossing National Highway 37 in Assam state, India. The film is a winner of the Vatavaran Award.
Jaws of Death is the second album by the German heavy metal band Primal Fear, released in 1999.
Usage examples of "jaws of death".
Most of the passengers from the wrecked helicopter gave the impression of having escaped from the jaws of death.
Certainly I plucked you from the jaws of death and gave you back your life.
I marched buoyantly behind my guide straight into the jaws of death.
He was about to snatch from the jaws of death the man who stood between himself and the woman he loved.
Be that as it may, the fact is that I marched buoyantly behind my guide straight into the jaws of death.
With a hoarse scream, the Soothsayer hurled himself into the air and, flying straight for Quiberon, snatched the Queen from the very jaws of death.