thanatos in English

noun
1
(in Freudian theory) the death instinct.
Here was Norman O. Brown's vision of Eros and Thanatos translated into brilliant novelistic terms.

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1. Clearly thanatos had been at work and left massive destruction in its wake.

2. His judgment Beclouded by hubris, he mistakes Thanatos for Eros, with the deadliest of consequences

3. Those of Thanatos archetypal nature tend to be preoccupied with their appearance from a health standpoint.

4. After Thanatos is dead, the team can move on to blow immortals in order to save ammo.

5. If the thanatos instinct over rides then we end up in a similar state. Everything is destroyed, nothing is created and we end up inert again.