Olive's specific terrors and dangers had by this time very much blown over; Basil Ransom had given no sign of life for ages, and Henry Burrage had certainly got his quietus before they went to Europe.
Source: wiktionary
Quietus
/kwaɪˈiːtəs/
Synonyms for "quietus" (199 found)
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Closest matches (40)
absolutionacquittalacquittanceannihilationapodosisbanebeatingbiological deathcatastropheceasingcessationcessation of lifeclearanceclearingclincherclinical deathcodacollapsecompurgationconclusion
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conqueringconquestconsummationcoup de gracecrack of doomcrashcrossing the barcrusherculminationcurtaincurtainsdeathdeath knelldeath strokedeathblowdebacle
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debt of naturedeceasedefeatdemisedenouementdeparturedestigmatizationdestigmatizingdestinationdestinydestructiondischargedisculpationdismissaldissolutiondoomdownfalldrubbingdyingebb of life
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effectendend allend of lifeend pointend-allenderendingenvoiepilogueequalizereschatologyeternal restexculpationexcuseexitexonerationexpirationextinctionextinguishmentfailurefallfatefinal solutionfinal strokefinal summonsfinal twitchfinal wordsfinalefinalityfinger of deathfinisfinish
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finisherfinishing strokeforgivenessgoalgoinggoing offgravehand of deathhidingizzardjaws of deathkayokayo punchknellknockoutknockout blowkolambastinglastlast breath
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last dablast debtlast gasplast musterlast restlast rounduplast sleeplast thingslast trumpetlast wordlast wordslatheringlatter endleaving lifelickingloss of lifemaking an endmasteryomegaovercomingoverthrowoverturnpardonpartingpassingpassing awaypassing overpayoffperiodperishingperorationpurgationpurgingquittancereleaseremissionresolutionrestresting placerewardruinsentence of deathsettlementsettlershades of deathshadow of deathsilencesleepsmashsockdolagersomatic deathstoppagestopperstopping placesubdualsubduingsubjugationsummons of deathswan songtermterminalterminationterminusthrashingtrimmingtrouncingundoingvanquishmentverdict of acquittalvindicationwaterloowhippingwindupz
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5 entriesbring a quietusgrant a quietusobtain a quietusprovide a quietusquietus clause
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3 total sentences available.
When he himſelfe might his Quietus make / With a bare Bodkin?
Source: wiktionary
After a good deal of firing, and lying in wait - for every time he heard a shot down he'd go, and on coming to the surface, would only expose about two or three inches of his nose to fire at - we managed to give him his quietus.
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