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Todeskette.

A literary device, somewhat common in ancient epic, consisting of a chain of deaths in which one warrior is killed by another, who is in turn killed by a third, and so forth.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A literary device, somewhat common in ancient epic, consisting of a chain of deaths in which one warrior is killed by another, who is in turn killed by a third, and so forth.

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Tod (“death”) + -es- + Kette (“chain”).

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