death

Noun
  1. The event of dying or departure from life (synset 107370091)
    "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
    is a type of: alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
    subtypes:
    • fatality, human death - a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
    • martyrdom - death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
    • megadeath - the death of a million people
    • departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release - euphemistic expressions for death
    • wrongful death - a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
    specific instances: crucifixion - the death of Jesus by crucifixion
    same as: decease, expiry
  2. The permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism (synset 111464213)
    "the animal died a painful death"
    is a type of: organic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
    subtypes:
    • cell death, necrobiosis - (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
    • gangrene, mortification, necrosis, sphacelus - the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
    • brain death, cerebral death - death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops
  3. The absence of life or state of being dead (synset 113985834)
    "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"
    is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    subtypes:
  4. The time when something ends (synset 115168437)
    "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"
    is a type of: end, ending - the point in time at which something ends
    subtypes: grave - death of a person
    is a part of: life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
    same as: demise, dying
  5. The time at which life ends;
    Continuing until dead (synset 115168236)
    "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
    is a type of: end, ending - the point in time at which something ends
    same as: last
  6. The personification of death (synset 109511389)
    "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"
    is an instance of: imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
    specific instances: grim reaper, reaper - Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe
  7. A final state (synset 114586552)
    "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
    is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    same as: destruction, end
  8. The act of killing (synset 100220442)
    "he had two deaths on his conscience"
    is a type of: kill, killing, putting to death - the act of terminating a life

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