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Meaning of die roaring | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To die in agony, especially as divine punishment for a wicked life.

Ireland, colloquial, dated

Examples

May you die roaring like Doran's bull!”
“"Did you ever see a fellow hanged?" "I saw dozens of them," he assured me solemnly, "and they all died roaring."”
The genial, white-haired Malachy also enthralled the audience with grim jokes about how Henry VIII and Randolph Churchill died roaring from syphillis.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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