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单词 death roll
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death roll in British English

(dɛθ rəʊl)
noun
1. 
a list of the people killed in a war or disaster
read the names on the death roll
2.  zoology
a manoeuvre in which a crocodile or alligator rolls over with its prey in its jaws to brings its prey under water and drown it

Examples of 'death roll' in a sentence
death roll

A lifeguard alerted by screaming saw the alligator begin its death roll.
The Sun (2016)
It then put the terrified golfer, in his 70s, in a 'death roll'.
The Sun (2009)
It was estimated last night that the death roll would reach 100 and that the number of the injured would be not less than 400.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The 10ft creature seized him and churned him underwater, over and over, in a manoeuvre known as a death roll.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is feared that the death roll may reach 170, and there are over 200 injured.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There were 411 people on the ship, and the latest estimate is that 264 have been saved, leaving 147 as the total death roll.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A diver was seized by a 500lb alligator and placed in a 'death roll' while he was retrieving golf balls from a lake.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
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