What does death-bearing mean?
Death-bearing means Bringing or carrying death; deadly; destructive.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Bringing or carrying death; deadly; destructive.
A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief. Meanwhile wives and even gray mothers — one on one side of the raised altar, the other on the other — lament, praying for protection from the deadly misfortunes.
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Death-bearing means Bringing or carrying death; deadly; destructive.
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A pitiless, death-bearing posterity lies on the earth without cries of grief. Meanwhile wives and even gray mothers — one on one side of the raised altar, the other on the other — lament, praying for protection from the deadly misfortunes.
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