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  • Definition
    • death :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

    • death :the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
      • the animal died a painful death

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

    • death :the time when something ends
      • it was the death of all his plans|a dying of old hopes

    • death :the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
      • she stayed until his death|a struggle to the last

    • death :the personification of death
      • Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city

    • death :a final state
      • he came to a bad end|the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end

    • death :the act of killing
      • he had two deaths on his conscience

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