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PRONUNCIATION OF DEATH'S-HEAD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEATH'S-HEAD

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Death's-Head is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEATH'S-HEAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Death's head

Death's Head, death's head or death's-head may refer to: ▪ Death's Head, a fictional character in Marvel Comics. ▪ Death's head cockroach, a species of cockroach ▪ Death's-head Hawkmoth, the common name for three species of moth ▪ Death's-Head, a Marvel character and enemy of Daredevil ▪ Death's Head, science fiction novels by David Gunn ▪ The official "death's head" insignia design of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. ▪ Totenkopf, a military insignia ▪ The Blood Beast Terror, aka The Deathshead Vampire, a 1968 British horror film starring Peter Cushing ▪ "Death's head" warheads, a fictional weapon in the Scorched Earth and its Scorched 3D counterpart.

Definition of death's-head in the English dictionary

The definition of death's-head in the dictionary is a human skull or a representation of one.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEATH'S-HEAD

death threat
death throes
death toll
death tourist
death trap
Death Valley
death warrant
death wish
death-dealing
death-valley curve
death´s-head moth
deathbed
deathbed confession
deathbed scene
deathblow
deathful
deathless
deathlessly
deathlessness
deathlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEATH'S-HEAD

against the head
ahead
arrowhead
cheese-head
dragon´s-head
forehead
go ahead
go-ahead
head
head-to-head
knock on the head
masthead
overhead
pointy-head
printhead
pudding-head
redhead
rev-head
the go-ahead
Turk´s-head

Synonyms and antonyms of death's-head in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «death's-head» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEATH'S-HEAD

Find out the translation of death's-head to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of death's-head from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «death's-head» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

骷髅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

calavera
570 millions of speakers

English

death´s-head
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

death´s सिर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

death´s الرأس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

death´s - глава
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

caveira
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

করোচি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tête de mort
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kematian kepala
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Totenkopf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

death´s頭
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

death´s 머리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati-sirah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầu lâu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

death´s தலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मृत्यूचे डोके
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ölümün kafası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

teschio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trupiej główki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

death´s -глава
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cap de mort
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νεκροκεφαλής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

death´s -kop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dödskalle
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

merket med dødninghode
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of death's-head

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH'S-HEAD»

The term «death's-head» is regularly used and occupies the 59.651 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEATH'S-HEAD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «death's-head» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «death's-head» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about death's-head

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEATH'S-HEAD»

Discover the use of death's-head in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to death's-head and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Death's Head: (Death's Head Book 1)
But it seems all is not as it should be. Sven feels he's a pawn in a deadly game, and pawns have an unfortunate habit of being sacrificed. But Death's Head Second Lieutenant Tveskoeg, Obsidian Cross 3rd Class, is nobody's sacrifice.
David Gunn, 2008
2
Soldiers of Destruction: The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945
Surveys the emergence of the Nazi SS and its Death's Head Division, noting the impact of this elite and powerful army upon military history.
Charles W. Sydnor, 1990
3
Death's Head
Kevin Jarrat and Jerry Stone are joint captains in the paramilitary NARC force sent in to combat the Death's Head drug syndicate that controls the vast spaceport of Chell.
Mel Keegan, 1999
4
Death's Head
Once more, the characters' creator returns with an exclusive introduction. Reprints Death's Head #8-10, The Sensational She-Hulk #24, Fantastic Four Vol.1 #338, Marvel Comics Presents Vol.1 #76, Strip #13-20 and What If... Vol.1 #54.
Simon Furman, 2007
5
Death's Head Rebellion
SF masters continue the saga of Haven and the Saurons, the Saurons now faced with rebellion from within
Jerry Pournelle, 1990
6
Death's Head: Day Of The Damned: (Death's Head Book 3)
Lieutenant Sven Tveskoeg is in disgrace.
David Gunn, 2009
7
The Himmler's SS: Loyal to the Death's Head
Fully illustrated, this book is an authoritative history of the SS and as such will appeal to all with an interest in Hitler's Third Reich.
Robert Ferguson, Robin Lumsden, 2009
8
Death's Head Legion: The Spear of Destiny: Part Two of Three
Death's Head Legion: Part Two of three in The Spear of Destiny, the first novel in a new steampunk, horror, alternate history, action-adventure series set in a 1920s where the Nazis have begun their subjugation of the world using the occult ...
Trey Garrison, 2013
9
Death's Head
While in Berlin on a mission, Mack Bolan stumbles upon a breakdown in the U.S.-German intelligence network, as well as a deadly plot by ex-Soviets and German neo-Nazis. Original.
Don Pendleton, 1994
10
Death's Head: Maximum Offence (Death's Head 2): (Death's ...
The Aux have been dropped on a far-flung planet called Hekati, only it's in Uplift space and not really a planet at all.
David Gunn, 2008

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEATH'S-HEAD»

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Bat-sized 'Silence Of The Lambs' moth found in East Lancs
A death's-head hawkmoth, which was made famous in the film Silence of the Lambs, is usually found across tropical Africa, but was ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Jun 15»
2
Facts about the deaths-head hawkmoth
It's no surprise that the death's-head hawkmoth has instilled fear for centuries as a bad omen - it features in Bram Stoker's Dracula, Thomas ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Jun 15»
3
Death's-head Hawk-moth rides on warm season's winds
The arrival of the Death's-head Hawk-moth – which is traditionally seen as an omen of death – ties in with wider moth immigration that is ... «Western Morning News, Nov 14»
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Is this moth a sign of the END? Foreboding doomsday Death's Head
Moth experts say the Death's-head Hawk-moth, so-named by the skull-like pattern on its back, caused pandemonium when it arrived in ... «Express.co.uk, Oct 14»
5
The Death's-Head of Wimbledon, Part 1
My first two days at Wimbledon were an incomprehensible hell of double-decker buses, foliage, screaming soccer fans, SIM cards, ... «Grantland, Jun 12»
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Lifeform of the week: Death's-head hawkmoth is stranger than fiction
The death's-head hawkmoth, which figures into the plot and is ... Photoshopped image of the insect, the real death's-head moth is, in fact, ... «EarthSky, Apr 12»

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