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- DictionaryGrim Reaper/ɡrɪm ˈriːpə/
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- 1. a personification of death in the form of a cloaked skeleton wielding a large scythe: "he met the Grim Reaper a decade later"
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Personifications of death are found in many religions and mythologies. In some mythologies, a character known as the Grim Reaper (usually depicted as a berobed skeleton wielding a scythe) causes the victim's death by coming to collect that person's soul. Other beliefs hold that the spectre of death is only a psychopomp, a benevolent figure who serves to gently sever the last ties between the soul ... Wikipedia