"death clock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: death clocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death clock (plural death clocks)
  1. A computer program or website displaying a countdown to a person's predicted date and time of death. Categories (topical): Clocks, Death, Internet

Inflected forms

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