Main entry: death
Definition: the act of killing
Usage: he had two deaths on his conscience
Main entry: death, decease, expiry
Definition: the event of dying or departure from life
Usage: her death came as a terrible shock; upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
Main entry: Death
Definition: the personification of death
Usage: Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city
Main entry: death
Definition: the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
Usage: the animal died a painful death
Main entry: death
Definition: the absence of life or state of being dead
Usage: he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
Main entry: death, destruction, end
Definition: a final state
Usage: he came to a bad end; the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end
Definition: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
Usage: she stayed until his death; a struggle to the last
Main entry: death, demise, dying
Definition: the time when something ends
Usage: it was the death of all his plans; a dying of old hopes