death | (noun) the act of killing | - |
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(noun) the event of dying or departure from life | Synonyms: decease, expiry |
(noun) the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism | - |
(noun) the absence of life or state of being dead | - |
(noun) a final state | Synonyms: destruction, end |
(noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: demise, dying |
(noun) the time at which life ends; continuing until dead | Synonyms: last |
deathbed | (noun) the bed on which a person dies | - |
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(noun) the last few hours before death | - |
deathblow | (noun) the blow that kills (usually mercifully) | Synonyms: coup de grace |
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deathless | (adjective) never dying | Synonyms: undying |
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deathlike | (adjective) having the physical appearance of death | Synonyms: deathly |
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deathly | (adjective) having the physical appearance of death | Synonyms: deathlike |
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(adjective) causing or capable of causing death | Synonyms: deadly, mortal |
(adverb) to a degree resembling death | - |
(adverb) to an extreme degree | Synonyms: exceedingly, extremely, super |
deathrate | (noun) the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year | Synonyms: death rate, fatality rate, mortality, mortality rate |
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deathtrap | (noun) any structure that is very unsafe; where people are likely to be killed | - |
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deathwatch | (noun) bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death | Synonyms: deathwatch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum |
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(noun) minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers | Synonyms: book louse, booklouse, Liposcelis divinatorius |