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death-pit

death-pit is the alternative form of death pit.

Meaning of death pit

Noun

death pit (plural death pits)

  1. A concealed hole in the ground designed to kill, trap, or severely injure a target.
  2. A natural trap where ancient animals became mired and died en masse, resulting in dense, highly concentrated fossil deposits.
  3. A plague pit.
  4. (figuratively) Any scenario, environment, or system that guarantees failure, ruin, or destruction.
  5. Synonym of bottomless pit.
    Synonyms:
    bottomless pit

Forms of death-pit

pluraldeath-pits

Questions about death-pit

What is death-pit the alternative form of?
Death-pit is the alternative form of death pit.

Words near death-pit in the dictionary

  1. death-messenger
  2. death-messengers
  3. death-name
  4. death-names
  5. death-of-man
  6. death-pit
  7. death-price
  8. death-prices
  9. death-rattle
  10. death-rattles
  11. death-ray

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Adapted from Wiktionary: death-pit (page history and authors); death pit (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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