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death-roll

 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun death-roll has 1 sense
  1. death-roll - a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster
    --1 is a kind of
    roll, roster

Definitions from the Web

Term: death-roll

Noun: The violent thrashing or rolling motion made by a crocodile or alligator when capturing and killing its prey.

Example sentence: The crocodile caught the wildebeest in its powerful jaws and performed a death-roll to overpower and drown its prey.

Noun: In Law, a death-roll refers to an official record or list of individuals who have died.

Example sentence: The government maintains a death-roll to keep track of casualties in natural disasters.

Verb: To engage in a rolling movement, especially violently or uncontrollably.

Example sentence: The car lost control on the icy road and started to death-roll, spinning multiple times before crashing into a tree.

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