death

Plural: deaths

Noun

• The permanent cessation of all vital functions; the end of life.
• the event of dying or departure from life
  • "her death came as a terrible shock"
• the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
  • "the animal died a painful death"
• the absence of life or state of being dead
  • "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"
• the time when something ends
  • "it was the death of all his plans"
• the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
  • "she stayed until his death"
• the personification of death
  • "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"
• a final state
• the act of killing
  • "he had two deaths on his conscience"
• 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.
• 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.
• Execution (in the judicial sense).
• The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
• The collapse or end of something.
• The collapse or end of something.
• A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
• Spiritual lifelessness.

Examples

• Buyer (negotiating): You were at two-fifty on that one. Go on, then, what's the death on that? Seller: Two hundred pounds is the absolute death. Buyer: Sold. Thank you.
• England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all.
• My grandfather died a violent death, which saddened the whole family.
• One false move in Scrabble can lead to the DEATH of a winning streak.
• The serial killer was sentenced to death.
• This bake sale is going to be the death of me!
• When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.

Synonyms

decease, demise, destruction, dying, end, expiry, last, (the) bane, (the) end, celestial transfer, crash, death, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization, dirt nap, doom, downfall, exit, expiration, fall, fatality, liquidation, mortality, quietus, repose, sleep of the just, sunset, the big sleep

Antonyms

birth, (antonym(s) of“beginning of life”): birth, (antonym(s) of“maintenance of existence”): life, advent, beginning, genesis, rise, start

Related Words

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