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- noun Alternative spelling of
death wish .
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Examples
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And YOU, with some kind of deathwish, are making me wait EVEN LONGER for the nicotine I so greatly need.
idiot-milk Diary Entry idiot-milk 2003
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This is Olsch's "deathwish" problem here, as the little helpers call it: it rates a lot of gossip in the commissary at meals, and beside the coffee urns out on the gloomy stone loading docks ....
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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Jack is now as broken as Nine was after the Time War, and unlike Nine, it's pretty damned obvious that a deathwish will do him no bloody good whatsoever.
TORCHWOOD: CoE...Episode 5...Spoilers! rabid1st 2009
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That's a deathwish in a democracy and it's been official Republic-Corp policy since President Obama took office.
Paula Gordon: Choose a Direction Paula Gordon 2010
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Steen: The point at which you're mixing up your own engine goo is when it goes from being a "hobby" to a "borderline deathwish" ...
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That's a deathwish in a democracy and it's been official Republic-Corp policy since President Obama took office.
Paula Gordon: Choose a Direction Paula Gordon 2010
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That's a deathwish in a democracy and it's been official Republic-Corp policy since President Obama took office.
Paula Gordon: Choose a Direction Paula Gordon 2010
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That's a deathwish in a democracy and it's been official Republic-Corp policy since President Obama took office.
Paula Gordon: Choose a Direction Paula Gordon 2010
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His unorthodox methods that border on a deathwish immediately build tension with his teammates, as they trek from one roadside bomb to the next on the remainder of their mission.
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That's a deathwish in a democracy and it's been official Republic-Corp policy since President Obama took office.
Paula Gordon: Choose a Direction Paula Gordon 2010
hernesheir commented on the word deathwish
This hot sauce comes in cayenne, habanero, or red jalapeno varieties.
September 22, 2009
Telofy commented on the word deathwish
cf. Thanatos
September 22, 2009