death-defying
Adjective
Meaning
death-defying (comparative more death-defying, superlative most death-defying)
Very perilous; involving a lot of danger.
Examples
As America’s Mercury Seven astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, television cameras focused on the brave smiles of their young wives.
Howler monkeys consume whole clumps of clay to sustain their diet, and muscular Woolly monkeys are seen using their tails to help make death-defying leaps from branch to branch in search of the juiciest fruits.
• Before Scott Lang becomes Marvel’s shrinking sensation, Dr. Hank Pym will pull on the helmet and leap into action on a death-defying mission that will take him into the icy heart of Cold War East Berlin!
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Cycling on most city streets feels like a death-defying act, requiring dodging gaping potholes as cars roar past literally inches to my left.