death-bringer

One who kills

Death-bringer is one who causes death, typically applied to warriors, weapons, or supernatural forces in epic or fantasy contexts: The villagers called the plague a death-bringer.

The compound has a mythic or literary quality—you'd encounter it in sagas and video games more than everyday speech.

mythological

reaper

One who gathers crops

Kali · harbinger · omen · specter · wraith · pale rider · valkyrie · banshee · horseman · deity

warfare

weapon

Instrument for inflicting harm

warhead · artillery · sniper · bomber · plague · conqueror · destroyer · juggernaut · warlord · slayer

natural

pandemic

Global disease outbreak

earthquake · tsunami · volcano · hurricane · wildfire · venom · predator · apex · contagion · pestilence

literary

villain

Wicked story antagonist

dark lord · boss · final boss · Sauron · Voldemort · Thanos · antiheroine · specter · doom · ominous

Opposites
life vs. death causation

death-bringerlife-giver

Source of existence

healer · savior · life-saver · resurrector · preserver

destruction vs. creation/nurturing

death-bringercreator

One who produces something

nurturer · mother · sustainer · builder · cultivator

life versus death causation

death-bringerlife-giver

Source of existence

creator · progenitor · mother · birther · life force

Family

death, bringer, deaths, deathly, deadly, dying, bring, brings, brought

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