"deathwise" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: From death + -wise. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|death|wise}} death + -wise Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} deathwise (not comparable)
  1. In terms of death or deaths. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Death
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          "ref": "1996, Terry Lee Anderson, Peter Jensen Hill, The Privatization Process: A Worldwide Perspective, page 160:",
          "text": "Reading down both columns, the most hard-hit area, deathwise, was Sichuan and the most hard-hit area, birthwise, was Anhui province.",
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          "ref": "2011, K. Bennett, Pay Me In Flesh, page 258:",
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