What's the difference between death and scythe?

Death


Definition:

  • (v. i.) The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.
  • (v. i.) Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory.
  • (v. i.) Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.
  • (v. i.) Cause of loss of life.
  • (v. i.) Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe.
  • (v. i.) Danger of death.
  • (v. i.) Murder; murderous character.
  • (v. i.) Loss of spiritual life.
  • (v. i.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Direct fetal digitalization led to a reduction in umbilical artery resistance, a decline in the abdominal circumference from 20.3 to 17.8 cm, and resolution of the ascites within 72 h. Despite this dramatic response to therapy, fetal death occurred on day 5 of treatment.
  • (2) Life expectancy and the infant mortality rate are considered more useful from an operational perspective and for comparisons than is the crude death rate because they are not influenced by age structure.
  • (3) Electrophysiologic studies are indicated in patients with sustained paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation or aborted sudden death.
  • (4) This death is also dependent on the presence of chloride and is prevented with the non-selective EAA antagonist, kynurenic acid, but is not prevented by QA.
  • (5) Insensitive variants die more slowly than wild type cells, with 10-20% cell death observed within 24 h after addition of dexamethasone.
  • (6) Whereas strain Ga-1 was practically avirulent for mice, strain KL-1 produced death by 21 days in 50% of the mice inoculated.
  • (7) The strongest predictor of non-sudden cardiac death was the New York Heart Association functional class.
  • (8) There was one complication (4.8%) from PCD (pneumothorax) and no deaths in this group.
  • (9) In the case presented, overdistension of a jejunostomy catheter balloon led to intestinal obstruction and pressure necrosis (of the small bowel), with subsequent abscess formation leading to death from septicemia.
  • (10) We report a case of a sudden death in a SCUBA diver working at a water treatment facility.
  • (11) The dangers caused by PM10s was highlighted in the Rogers review of local authority regulatory services, published in 2007, which said poor air quality contributed to between 12,000 and 24,000 premature deaths each year.
  • (12) Diphenoxylate-induced hypoxia was the major problem and was associated with slow or fast respirations, hypotonia or rigidity, cardiac arrest, and in 3 cases cerebral edema and death.
  • (13) In addition to the 89 cases of sudden and unexpected death before the age of 50 (preceded by some modification of the patient's life style in 29 cases), 11 cases were symptomatic and 5 were transplanted with a good result.
  • (14) The four deaths were not related to the injuries of parenchymatous organs.
  • (15) Four patients died while maintained on PD; three deaths were due to complications of liver failure within the first 4 months of PD and the fourth was due to empyema after 4 years of PD.
  • (16) There were no deaths attributable to the treatment.
  • (17) The first patient, an 82-year-old woman, developed a WPW syndrome suggesting posterior right ventricular preexcitation, a pattern which persisted for four months until her death.
  • (18) The Pan American Health Organization, the Americas arm of the World Health Organization, estimated the deaths from Tuesday's magnitude 7 quake at between 50,000 and 100,000, but said that was a "huge guess".
  • (19) This death toll represents 25% of avoidable adult deaths in developing countries.
  • (20) Serum sialic acid concentration predicts both death from CHD and stroke in men and women independent of age.

Scythe


Definition:

  • (n.) An instrument for mowing grass, grain, or the like, by hand, composed of a long, curving blade, with a sharp edge, made fast to a long handle, called a snath, which is bent into a form convenient for use.
  • (n.) A scythe-shaped blade attached to ancient war chariots.
  • (v. t.) To cut with a scythe; to cut off as with a scythe; to mow.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cohen crossed the ball long from the right and Hurst rose magnificently to deflect in another header which Tilkowski could only scramble away from his right hand post, Ball turned the ball back into the goalmouth and the German’s desperation was unmistakable as Overath came hurtling in to scythe the ball away for a corner.
  • (2) His first goal was clinical in its execution and classy in its creation but the second was a thing of beauty, a scything volley after he exchanged passes with the substitute Ángel Di María, launching himself into the air and making the perfect connection to volley the ball into the far corner.
  • (3) The case report is presented of a 50 year-old scythe smith who produced 1400 scythes daily in piece-work over a period of 17 years.
  • (4) Four minutes later he scythed down the substitute Jordon Ibe and walked before Martin Atkinson could produce the second yellow card.
  • (5) They are entitled to have grievances about Nemanja Vidic's late red card, when a booking would have been sufficient for his scything challenge on Eden Hazard, but they were also extremely fortunate Rafael da Silva did not follow him in stoppage time for his two-footed tackle on Gary Cahill.
  • (6) The way Hakan Balta scythed down Necid took the sentiment too literally.
  • (7) Hence George Osborne's insistence that, when he wields the scythe through the national budget, he'll always have the poorest in mind.
  • (8) That seems to have been kicked into the long grass, though we may yet see them get out the scythes to retrieve it.” For Rudgard’s shop, however, the “snowed-in” atmosphere has been good for business, which is his retirement hobby.
  • (9) 5 min: Gabriel Heinze gets penalised for a scything tackle on Elias in midfield.
  • (10) Tioté was eventually booked for a scything foul on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in the 60th minute.
  • (11) But Howe claimed the 22-year-old was lucky to still be on the pitch after he was scythed down by Rudd in the first half but was only booked by the referee, Robert Madley .
  • (12) Across London, MPs for what in happier times was called the Thames riviera were scythed down – Vince Cable in Twickenham, Ed Davey in Kingston, Paul Burstow in Sutton and Cheam.
  • (13) More than 200 inmates staged a mass breakout and, in the panic, guards opened fire, scything down escapees with machine guns.
  • (14) The events which have no name scythe through the valley like invisible reapers.
  • (15) They also have a good case for thinking that Gary Cahill should have been sent off for the scything challenge on Sánchez that persuaded Wenger to stride from his technical area to the one designated for Chelsea personnel and respond to Mourinho’s orders for a retreat by putting both hands into his chest to give him a shove and then reminding him, close-up, who was the taller, more imposing man.
  • (16) Played beneath a gunmetal grey sky on a day when temperatures struggled to reach 10C, it featured Dale Stephens equalising early in the second half only to be shown a straight red card after scything down Gastón Ramírez three minutes later.
  • (17) Sunderland never showed any hint of inferiority complex from the moment Phil Bardsley scythed down David Silva in the first few minutes.
  • (18) Taking a scythe to the production business would, however, wreck a key element in Grade's turnaround plan, which considered it an engine of growth that would supply 75% of the network's programmes.
  • (19) A red, white and blue grim reaper stood with his scythe among the crowd, repeatedly shouting for the heads of the Dutch players.
  • (20) After one crazed scything tackle, the recipient, Nemanja Matic, gets up and shouts something that would have Mark Lawrenson giggling into this commentary mic.