A name that is given (usually by a priest) to refer to someone who has died so that the living can avoid using the actual name of the dead person.

plural of death card

The ace of spades.

(music, historical) An Aztec instrument, sometimes shaped like a skull, that when blown produces a human-like shriek.

plural of death whistle

(pathology, historical, dated) Synonym of Spanish influenza

(computing) A zip bomb.

plural of zip of death

(politics, dated) A form of extrajudicial killing done by military forces in possession of aircraft by which victims are dropped to their death from airplanes or helicopters into oceans, large rivers or mountains.

acquired immune deficiency syndrome, better called AIDS. / The point at which it is perceived a gay man has aged beyond attractiveness: usually around 25 or 30 years of age.