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voodoo death

voodoo death noun: sudden death brought about by a strong emotional shock such as fear.

Noun

voodoo death (countable and uncountable, plural voodoo deaths)

  1. Sudden death brought about by a strong emotional shock such as fear.
    Synonyms:
    psychogenic death, psychosomatic death

Synonyms of voodoo death

  • psychogenic death
  • psychosomatic death

Forms of voodoo death

pluralvoodoo deaths

Origin of voodoo death

Coined by Walter Cannon in 1942.

Questions about voodoo death

What does voodoo death mean?
Voodoo death means sudden death brought about by a strong emotional shock such as fear.
What part of speech is voodoo death?
Voodoo death is a noun.
What is the plural of voodoo death?
The plural of voodoo death is voodoo deaths.

Words near voodoo death in the dictionary

  1. vonu
  2. vonuism
  3. vonuist
  4. vonuists
  5. voodoo
  6. voodoo death
  7. voodoo deaths
  8. voodoo doll
  9. voodoo dolls
  10. voodoo economics
  11. voodoo mode

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