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   Death

   /deTH/

   

   noun

   • 1. the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism: "an increase in deaths from skin cancer" Similar demisedyingendpassingpassing awaypassing onloss of lifeexpiryexpirationdeparture from lifefinal exiteternal restmurderkillingassassinationexecutiondispatchslayingslaughtermassacreinformal:snuffingcurtainskicking the bucketdeceaserare:quietusOpposite life
   • ▪ the state of being dead: "even in death, she was beautiful"
   • ▪ the permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue.
   • ▪ the personification of the power that destroys life, often represented in art and literature as a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe. Similar the Grim Reaperthe Dark Angelthe Angel of Death
   • ▪ the destruction or permanent end of something: "the death of her hopes" Similar endfinishcessationterminationextinctionextinguishingcollapseruinruinationdestructionexterminationeradicationannihilationobliterationextirpationOpposite birth
   • ▪ a damaging or destructive state of affairs: "to be driven to a dance by one's father would be social death"

   Word Origin Old Englishdēath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dood and German Tod, also to die1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. deathlike adjective

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   The destruction or permanent end of something. The state of being lifeless. A person harmed or killed as a result of an unfortunate event or action. A period of silence. The end or last moment, especially death. The process of something ceasing to exist or coming to an end. Synonymous with death, decease, and dying.

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   • Synonyms for deaths. curtains, deceases, demises, dissolutions, dooms, ends, exits, expirations,

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   • 1 the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities. we were all saddened by the death of our friend. Synonyms for death. curtains, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end,

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   Is death a noun or adjective?

   • The word end is sometimes used similarly, as in He finally met his end. The word decease can be used as a noun meaning the same thing as death, but its adjective form deceased (meaning dead) is much more common. Words for death used in formal, official contexts include fatality and casualty.

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   What are the different types of death?

   • In the context of crime, different types of death (and their causes) are given specific classifications, such as homicide and murder. In terms like death and destruction, death refers to wide-scale loss of life. In a broader scientific context, the death of an entire species is called extinction.

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