death-defying

adjective

: very dangerous
death-defying stunts

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Over the course of his long career, magician and endurance performer David Blaine has taken on all kinds of death-defying feats: catching a bullet in his teeth, fasting for 44 days, or holding his breath for a record-breaking 17 minutes and 4 seconds, to name a few. — Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2025 Chachi Valencia, whose stage name is The Rocketman Valencia, was performing his death-defying human cannonball act at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indio when a strong gust of wind blew him off course on March 2. — Julia Bonavita, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025 The gripping first season chronicles the rise of Nazaré from a sleepy fishing village to one of the most high-profile and death-defying surfing destinations in the world and season two continues the story with even more dizzying visuals (giant waves are filmed by drone). — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025 For those who can identify with standing in line just to stop the world and get off, this is the movie for you, a death-defying and dizzying wild ride. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for death-defying

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