Grim Reaper

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Grim Reaper

n.
The personification of death as a cloaked man or skeleton carrying a scythe.
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Grim′ Reap′er


n.
the personification of death as a man or cloaked skeleton holding a scythe.
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Noun1.Grim Reaper - Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scytheGrim Reaper - Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe
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Translations
Sensenmann
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Faucheuse
DödsängelnLiemannen
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Not a step did we take in advance but the grim reaper strode silently in our tracks.
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Her husband was dead, and Werper fancied that he could replace in the girl's heart the position which had been vacated by the act of the grim reaper. He could offer Jane Clayton marriage--a thing which Mohammed Beyd would not offer, and which the girl would spurn from him with as deep disgust as she would his unholy lust.
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Ian Bebbington, chief executive of the Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society, said: "Monster trucks were hugely successful when they performed at the showground at last year's Shropshire County Show so we are delighted to see them back with Big Pete and Grim Reaper starring in our very first Shrewsbury Live event.
On track for a cracking show
The Grim Reaper knocks on the door of Craig Myers (James Harkness), a married bus driver with a young daughter, and attacks him, causing terrible injuries.
WEB OF SECRETS & LIES; A crime victim is branded a child killer online in a thrilling, twist-packed mystery
No immediate changes for Guildford's 'deadly' A3 junction despite Grim Reaper protest
'Deadly junction' crash just days after Highways England refuse to make safety improvements; Beechcroft Drive residents met with Highways England to discuss the dangerous junction last month
Ju Ji-hoon is pitch-perfect as the filter-less assistant grim reaper Haewonmak, throwing more funny punch lines here in the second installment.
Can't move on with karma
WAS that the Grim Reaper strolling round Huddersfield on Sunday morning?
Strange sights in town as the sun comes out
Top actor Lee Dong-wook, who played the Grim Reaper in the highly popular 2017 tvN drama "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God," will join efforts to promote tourism to eastern Gangwon Province, as well as the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympics that will be held in the province.
Actor Lee Dong-wook to promote 2018 PyeongChang Games
After much research, I settled on Grim Reaper for mechanical and G5 for fixed-blade.
If It Ain't Broke
For some the race was a chance to dress up - there was at least one pirate and even a Grim Reaper - while others pulled on their trainers to run in memory of lost loved ones or to raise cash for a favourite charity.
River of RUNNERS; THOUSANDS TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE TO RUN UNDER THE MERSEY
A WOMAN got a fright on TV show Don't Tell the Bride when her fiance organised a horror-themed wedding with the Grim Reaper and a bloodstained dress.
THE BRIDE WORE; TV WEDDING'S A HORROR SHOW Groom shocks fiancee with Grim Reaper ceremony
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