Tuesday, April 19, 2011

death. (120/365)


Noun


  • S: (n) death, decease, expiry (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"

  • S: (n) death (the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism) "the animal died a painful death"

  • S: (n) death (the absence of life or state of being dead) "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"

  • S: (n) death, dying, demise (the time when something ends) "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

  • S: (n) death, last (the time at which life ends; continuing until dead) "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"

  • S: (n) Death (the personification of death) "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"

  • S: (n) end, destruction, death (a final state) "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

  • S: (n) death (the act of killing) "he had two deaths on his conscience"

Definition of "death" from Princeton's WordNet

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