destroying angel
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of destroying angel
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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Norgren often accompanies Lightner on his gathering forays, steering him clear of Destroying Angel mushrooms and hemlocks and singling out oddities like an orange parasitic vine called dodder.
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2010
Man shudders at this oil of our life's lamp where he finds it shed; to him it is the red death-signature of the Destroying Angel.
From The Campaner Thal and Other Writings by Jean Paul
What was his own part in calling the Destroying Angel who is at the beck and summons of every man—even the meanest?
From Blind Love by Collins, Wilkie
The professional prophets said, with an excellent assumption of absolute conviction, that it was nothing less awful than the Destroying Angel himself in propria persona.
From The World Peril of 1910 by Griffith, George Chetwynd
Without a sound the Glow-worm fell backward to the cabin floor, as if touched by the finger of the Destroying Angel.
From Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel by Comfort, Will Levington
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