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   death

   /dɛθ/

   noun

   • 1. the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism: "he had been depressed since the death of his father" 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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