the event of dying or departure from life; her death came as a terrible shock; upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
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; a dying of old hopes
the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; she stayed until his death; a struggle to the last
[ Syn: last ]
the personification of death; Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city
[ Syn: death ]
a final state; he came to a bad end; the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
[ Syn: end , destruction ]
the act of killing; he had two deaths on his conscience'