Azrael

American  

[az-ree-uhl, -ray-] / ˈæz ri əl, -reɪ- /

noun

1. (in Jewish and Islamic angelology) the angel who separates the soul from the body at the moment of death.

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Azrael British  

/ ˈæzreɪl, -rɪəl /

noun

1. (in Jewish and Islamic angelology) the angel who separates the soul from the body at death

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Azrael

Azrael co-authored a new study estimating that from January 2019 to April 2021, around 16 million Americans had guns introduced to their homes for the first time.

From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2022

In a recent paper, my colleagues Deborah Azrael, Matthew Miller and I found that half of gun-owning households with a 13-to-17-year-old store all their guns locked.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 17, 2021

This leads to one of the best-worst lines in the film: “Depending on how far back, I will never be able to visit you again, and I will cease to exist,” Azrael says.

From Slate ● Dec. 4, 2020

“We’ve been thinking of this for several years, and we felt that if we were going to do it, we should do it now,” said Azrael, a real estate developer from Columbia, Maryland.

From BusinessWeek ● Mar. 23, 2011

"But look then, my love," said Azrael, appealing to the Pasha; "thou didst see that bird fly away from the tree yonder, was it not a wood-pigeon flying from a nut-tree?"

From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai

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