near-death experience

[ neer-deth ik-speer-ee-uhns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a sensation or vision, as of the afterlife, reported by a person who has come close to death. : nde, NDE

noun

an experience, instances of which have been widely reported, in which a person near death is apparently outside his body and aware of it and the attendant circumstances as separate from him NDE

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The portrayal of Lochlan’s near-death experience might have been more realistic than his poisoning.

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A battle with injuries — and a near-death experience — has cost him a substantial portion of his career.

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After the fight, Foreman said he had a "near-death experience" in the dressing as he struggled with exhaustion and heatstroke.

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She says it was the dress she wore during a near-death experience.

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He said the most frightening day had been when a team of medics were performing an emergency caesarean as the shelling began - a near-death experience for them all.

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