death

1. 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. 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. is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   subtypes:

   • eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest, sleep - euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
   • defunctness, extinction - no longer in existence
   • neonatal death - death of a liveborn infant within the first 28 days of life
   • cot death, crib death, infant death, sids, sudden infant death syndrome - sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
4. 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. is a type of: end, ending - the point in time at which something ends
   same as: last
6. 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. is a type of: state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes
   same as: destruction, end
8. is a type of: kill, killing, putting to death - the act of terminating a life

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