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death pit

death pit noun: a concealed hole in the ground designed to kill, trap, or severely injure a target.

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

Synonyms of death pit

Forms of death pit

pluraldeath pits

Questions about death pit

What does death pit mean?
Death pit means a concealed hole in the ground designed to kill, trap, or severely injure a target.
What part of speech is death pit?
Death pit is a noun.
What is the plural of death pit?
The plural of death pit is death pits.

Words near death pit in the dictionary

  1. death penalty
  2. death pennies
  3. death penny
  4. death pile
  5. death piles
  6. death pit
  7. death plane
  8. death play
  9. death pool
  10. death pools
  11. death rate

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