near-death experience

Noun

Meaning

the experience of being close to death but surviving

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Alternative names

near death experience

Synonyms

close shave cliffhanger close call brain dead clinical death close thing narrow squeak heart stopper clinically dead hairbreadth escape auspicious outcome happy outcome fortuitous result good result heaven-sent result

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Antonyms

frost failure defeat collapse disaster failing

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Hypernyms

experience

Close letter words and terms

near-blind near-death near-death exhaustion near-death vision near-Earth near-Earth asteroid