death

death · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The permanent end of life; the state of being dead.

  2. 2.

    The state of being dead.

  3. 3.

    The destruction or end of something.

  4. 4.

    (Death) The personification of death, often depicted as a figure in a dark robe.

Forms

plural: deaths

Related words

Antonyms: birth, life
See also: dead, die, life
Synonyms: decease, demise, end, passing

Etymology

From Old English deaþ meaning "death, dying," from Proto-Germanic dauþuz, from Proto-Indo-European dheu- meaning "to pass away." Related to dead and die.