No. 1,212 in Turkish
ölüm
Death.
In a sentence
Ölüm, hayatın doğal bir parçasıdır.
Death is a natural part of life.
In this sentence, 'ölüm' refers to the general concept of death as a phenomenon.
Evde herkes ölüm sessizliğine bürünmüştü.
At home, everyone was engulfed in deathly silence.
Here, 'ölüm' is used metaphorically to describe an intense silence, one that is as quiet as death.
Issız vadi, ölüm gibi karanlık ve soğuktu.
The desolate valley was dark and cold like death.
In this example, 'ölüm' is utilized as a simile, comparing the valley's characteristics to the qualities of death to evoke a sense of bleakness.
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