confront the finality of death

/kənˈfrʌnt ðə faɪˈnæləti əv deθ/

verb phrase

  1. To face or acknowledge the irreversible fact and inevitability that a person's life will end.

    C1

    transitive; usually followed by a noun phraseformal, literary

    • "After his illness, he had to confront the finality of death."B2
    • "The novel explores how people confront the finality of death and search for meaning."C1

Collocations

confront deaththe finality of deathsearch for meaning