near-death experience
noun/ˌnɪə deθ ɪkˈspɪəriəns/
/ˌnɪr deθ ɪkˈspɪriəns/
(abbreviation NDE)
- an occasion when somebody almost dies, which they often remember as leaving their body or going down a tunnel
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