- die; breathe one's last; death; doom; dysthanasia; abiosis; end; meet one's death; the last [long; eternal] sleep; the last great change; never-ending sleep; sleep in the grave; take one's last sleep; pop off; kick the bucket; pass away; go to hell; go west; cease to be; go to heaven:
struggle for existence on the verge of death; struggle to stave off starvation;
挣扎在死亡线上
snatch the patient from the jaws of death
把病人从死亡的边缘抢救过来