English to English noun
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the event of dying or departure from life | | Example: her death came as a terrible shock upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
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the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism | | Example: the animal died a painful death
source: wordnet30
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the absence of life or state of being dead | | Example: he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
source: wordnet30
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the time when something ends | | Example: it was the death of all his plans a dying of old hopes
source: wordnet30
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the time at which life ends; continuing until dead | | Example: she stayed until his death a struggle to the last
source: wordnet30
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the personification of death | | Example: Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city
source: wordnet30
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a final state | | Example: he came to a bad end the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
source: wordnet30
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the act of killing | | Example: he had two deaths on his conscience
source: wordnet30
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The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants. | | source: webster1913
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