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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a horrifying death" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing tragic or gruesome events, often in literature, news articles, or discussions about horror themes.
Example: "The story unfolded with a chilling climax, leading to a horrifying death that left the audience in shock."
Alternatives: "a gruesome demise" or "a terrifying end".
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Up to 3,000 perished, a horrifying death toll up there with the Tienanmen Square Massacre – in a country with a population 43 times smaller.
Issues with the slow pace of aid, a horrifying death toll that might top 10,000 and worries over the country's fragile economy have understandably eclipsed someone who is also feeling the effects: Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson.
According to Vulture, they've all fallen victim to a bizarre curse brought on by the revenge-seeking Martin and will eventually suffer a horrifying death.
For me, this week has been a time to limber up for the release of Gaspar Noé's synapse-frazzling movie Enter the Void, a total-immersion nightmare shot entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a small-time drug dealer in Tokyo, who meets a horrifying death, then an equally horrifying life after death.
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Is there a more horrifying death than having your elbows and knees broken and mouth surgically attached to someone else's asshole, while having someone else's mouth surgically attached to yours, and suffering in agony for a few days as some sicko trains you to be his housepet until you inevitably succumb to the slow, nauseating delirium of sepsis?
Emily especially was venerated, because only she, as a baby, had witnessed her father's horrifying death.
"I went to Vietnam to say thank you for the kindness and love expressed to us," says Anne. "I came away with more love than I knew was possible". Emily especially was venerated, because only she, as a baby, had witnessed her father's horrifying death.
Unlike the N.F.L.'s decision last month to punish players for helmet-to-helmet hits in an effort to minimize the long-term effects of concussions, the 1910 rule changes were a reaction to a raft of horrifying deaths on the field.
The horrifying death has stunned France, which has Europe's largest Muslim and largest Jewish populations.
As intimate and distressing as these digital images were — who can forget Neda Agha-Soltan's horrifying death?
The film revolves around an intriguing Groundhog Day-style premise whereby a rookie lieutenant colonel named Bill Cage (Cruise) is forced to fight the same losing battle against alien invaders again and again, experiencing horrifying death countless times.
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