angel of death

noun9

1. •
   A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion.
2. •
   An angel which attends to death, collecting souls at death, ending life at the appointed time of death.
3. •
   An angel in Abrahamic scripture or eschatology that attends to death.
4. •
   Azrael.
5. •
   Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
6. •
   The Grim Reaper.
7. •
   A shinigami.
8. •
   A type of serial killer who is employed as a caregiver and kills people under their care.

   • New evidence could lead to the freeing of a nurse known as the “angel of death” who was convicted of killing four patients. — 2021
9. •
   Synonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”).