A deathbed is a moment or occasion when a person is about to die. This can happen at any time, but it is usually a very emotional and difficult experience.
He died on his deathbed after a long battle with cancer.
The deathbed scene in the movie was very emotional.
noun
the bed on which a person dies
noun
the last few hours before death
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Deathbed attempts to induce him to return them were unavailing.
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I convoke around my deathbed my friends who are confirmed atheists, as I am.
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Deathbed warning for the planet.
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Same with the deathbed statement of ES.
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Jocelyn reveals this in a deathbed confession.
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The patient is then to recite the deathbed Viduy.
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He wished to be baptized on his deathbed.
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She made a deathbed conversion to Christianity.
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Pregnant at the time, a daughter was on Mary's deathbed.
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Tessenow verified this on his deathbed in 1950.