The phrase "act of death" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the concept of death, such as legal, philosophical, or literary discussions.
Example: "The act of death is often portrayed as a transformative experience in many cultures."
Alternatives: "death event" or "moment of death".
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An age in which the invention of the machine gun perpetuated an endless cycle of violence which turned the act of death into a cold, indifferent ritual; a notion perfectly captured when Pike is gunned down in the finale by a mere child.
Shock is a state of hypoperfusion associated with hemodynamic abnormalities leading to the collapse of homeostasis, or as poetically stated by John Collins Warren, a 'momentary pause in the act of death' [ 30].
Humankind can be delivered from its debased condition only by a saving act of God the death and Resurrection of Jesus.
Towards the end he picks up this sentiment again, claiming: "To write [this book], then, is to be forced to march through enemy territory, in the very area where loss prevails, beyond the protected domain that had been delimited by the act of localising death elsewhere.
NOW that the stock market's death-defying act of last Tuesday is receding into memory, can investors return to their tried-and-true bull market ways?
In 1995 short plays by Mr. Allen, David Mamet and Elaine May were featured as part of "Death Defying Acts," three one-act comedies directed by Michael Blakemore.
Data on end-of-life decisions came from a series of surveys among physicians who acted as cause-of-death certifiers for a representative sample of deaths (excluding acute deaths) in 1990 , 1995 2001 and 2005 [ 20].
Maybe he should have a word with his colleagues who greeted the modest, realistic cost control efforts in the Affordable Care Act with cries of "death panels".
This season, they're featuring huge music and celebrity acts like Eagles of Death Metal, Jack Black and Henry Rollins.
The bill would amend the Shipowners Liability Act of 1851, the Death on the High Seas Act of 1920 and the Jones Act of 1920 to allow broader compensation for victims of the Deepwater Horizon blast.
