near-death experience

American  

[neer-deth ik-speer-ee-uhns] / ˈnɪərˈdɛθ ɪkˌspɪər i əns /

1. a sensation or vision, as of the afterlife, reported by a person who has come close to death. nde, NDE

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near-death experience British  

noun

1.  NDE.  an experience, instances of which have been widely reported, in which a person near death is apparently outside his body and aware of it and the attendant circumstances as separate from him

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near-death experience

She added that the "near-death experience" had shifted her perspective on life.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

And the Detroit stalwarts survived their own near-death experience during the 2007-09 recession, when U.S. taxpayers bailed out GM and Chrysler.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026

The prime minister has had a political near-death experience – and survived, for now at least.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Yu traces its beginnings to a near-death experience he had as a child growing up in rural China.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025

In fact, it wasn’t until she’d reviewed the video for her report that she was certain the whole thing wasn’t a hallucination brought on by a near-death experience.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer