skull and crossbones
noun
plural skulls and crossbones
: a representation of a human skull over crossbones usually used as a warning of danger to life
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The officials had opened a bottle of medicine while disregarding the skull and crossbones on the warning label.
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David Zweig, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Banksy has riffed on the Virgin and Child theme before: His 2003 work Toxic Mary portrays a Madonna figures feeding a child milk from a bottle emblazoned with a skull and crossbones.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
The email included a chart showing a skull and crossbones at around that depth.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024
Stokes, who has long hair and glasses, giving him the look of a scientific David Foster Wallace, decorated his office with a poster of a skull and crossbones.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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David Zweig, The Atlantic, 17 Apr. 2025
Banksy has riffed on the Virgin and Child theme before: His 2003 work Toxic Mary portrays a Madonna figures feeding a child milk from a bottle emblazoned with a skull and crossbones.
—George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
The email included a chart showing a skull and crossbones at around that depth.
—Mark Harris, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024
Stokes, who has long hair and glasses, giving him the look of a scientific David Foster Wallace, decorated his office with a poster of a skull and crossbones.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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skull and crossbones
noun
skull and cross·bones
-ˈkrȯs-ˌbōnz 
plural skulls and crossbones
: a representation of a human skull over crossbones used as a warning of danger to life
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