near-death
Brushing against mortality
Near-death describes experiences or states occurring at the threshold of dying.
A near-death experience is a phenomenon reported by people who come close to death and are revived—often involving sensations of floating, tunnels of light, or encounters with deceased relatives: She described her near-death experience as peaceful.
More broadly, near-death modifies anything approaching fatal: a near-death encounter with a grizzly bear.
Brush with mortality
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- out-of-bodySeparated from physical form
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
consciousness · flatline · resuscitation · vision · peace · floating · deceased relatives · life review
Expressing disapproval or importance
- ICUAcute care ward
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
CPR · flatline · ventilator · emergency · cardiac arrest · hemorrhage · sepsis · anaphylaxis
Relating to existence itself
- fearEmotional response to threat
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- PTSDChronic reaction to horrific events
flashback · grief · perspective shift · gratitude · transformation · meaning · purpose · priorities
Disaster narrowly averted
- narrow escapeBarely avoiding disaster
- life-threateningRisking death
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
- accidentUnintended harmful event
survivor · trauma · injury · rescue · lucky · harrowing · dangerous · fatal
NDE
Brush with mortality
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
- out-of-bodySeparated from physical form
afterlife · consciousness · flatline · resuscitation · vision · peace · floating · deceased relatives · life review · threshold
critical
Expressing disapproval or importance
- ICUAcute care ward
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- resuscitationRestoring vital functions
defibrillator · CPR · flatline · ventilator · emergency · cardiac arrest · hemorrhage · sepsis · anaphylaxis · drowning
existential
Relating to existence itself
- fearEmotional response to threat
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- traumaLasting psychological wound
PTSD · flashback · grief · perspective shift · gratitude · transformation · meaning · purpose · priorities · acceptance
close call
Disaster narrowly averted
- narrow escapeBarely avoiding disaster
- life-threateningRisking death
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
accident · survivor · trauma · injury · rescue · lucky · harrowing · dangerous · fatal · catastrophic
- mortalitydeceased, mortality, mortality rates, dying, dead
- literary deathdeathbed, dying, corpse, funeral, grave
- traumasabuse, accident, assault, attack, disaster
- Faith and Sciencefaith and reason, intelligent design, creationism, creation science, evolution debate
- underworld journeysdescent, Hades, underworld, Greek underworld, Helheim
- deathdead, deceased, corpse, mortality, demise
near-deathvibrant
Full of life, intensity
full of life · thriving · healthy · vigorous · robust
near-deathstable
Secure and unchanging
recovering · out of danger · convalescent · on the mend · improving
near, death, nearly, nearer, nearest, nearness, nearby, nearing, deaths