quietus
Example Sentences
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Kg5, and now, with both Black rooks hanging, a simple king move delivers the quietus.
From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2023
Instead, it was a much quicker quietus after 19.
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2019
What’s most disheartening is how unspectacular a quietus it turns out to be.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 29, 2016
A storm at sea in which he saves a fellow-fisherman's life gives him his quietus.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Si moriatur neatus dabit melius catellum et pro hoc tenebit quietus.'
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.