death

Meanings

• the event of dying or departure from life
  • "her death came as a terrible shock"
• 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"
• the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
  • "she stayed until his death"
• the personification of death
  • "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"
• a final state
• the act of killing
  • "he had two deaths on his conscience"

Synonyms

decease, demise, destruction, dying, end, expiry, last