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strong as death

strong as death adjective: very strong or emotionally powerful.

Adjective

strong as death (not comparable)

  1. (simile) Very strong or emotionally powerful.
    • Now alive as he was to all these searching argumentative itemizings of the minutest known facts any way bearing upon the subject; and yet, at the same time, persuaded, strong as death, that in spite of them, Isabel was indeed his sister; how could Pierre […] fail to acknowledge the existence of...1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities
    • With this feeling strong as death upon him, he crumpled up the letters into one mass and tossed them precipitately into the fire.1877, Edward William Lewis Davies, Frank Raleigh of Watercombe (page 247)

Questions about strong as death

What does strong as death mean?
Strong as death means very strong or emotionally powerful.
What part of speech is strong as death?
Strong as death is an adjective.

Words near strong as death in the dictionary

  1. strong artificial intelligence
  2. strong artificial intelligences
  3. strong as a bull
  4. strong as a horse
  5. strong as an ox
  6. strong as death
  7. strong atheist
  8. strong atheists
  9. strong breeze
  10. strong breezes
  11. Strong City

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