death
Nouns
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(n) the event of dying or departure from life
- her death came as a terrible shock
- upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
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(n) the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
- the animal died a painful death
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(n) the absence of life or state of being dead
- he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
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(n) the time when something ends
- it was the death of all his plans
- a dying of old hopes
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(n) the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
- she stayed until his death
- a struggle to the last
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(n) the personification of death
- Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city
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(n) a final state
- he came to a bad end
- the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
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(n) the act of killing
- he had two deaths on his conscience
Synonyms
decease expiry demise dying last destruction endAntonyms
nascence nascency nativity birthWords of close approximity
death adder
death angel
deathbed
death bell
death benefit
deathblow
death camas
death camp
death cap
death chair
death chamber
death cup
death duty
death house
death instinct
death knell
deathless
deathlike
deathly
death mask
death penalty
deathrate
death rate
death-roll
death row
death seat
death's head
death's-head moth
death squad
death tax
death toll
deathtrap
Death Valley
death warrant
deathwatch
deathwatch beetle
death wish