Definition of death-bringing:
(n) :
The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
(n) :
Execution (in the judicial sense).
(n) :
(often capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
(n) :
(preceded by the) The collapse or end of something.
(n) :
(figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
(n) :
(figurative) Spiritual lifelessness.