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death on something 
1. . Fig. very harmful; very effective in acting against someone or something. This road is terribly bumpy. It's death on tires. The sergeant is death on lazy soldiers.
2. Fig. accurate or deadly at doing something requiring skill or great effort. John is death on curve balls. He's our best pitcher. The boxing champ is really death on those fast punches.
See also: death


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The Scene of Suffering is a destructive or painful action, such as death on the stage, bodily agony, wounds and the like.
 
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