Death

Quick meaning: Death is a noun meaning (often capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

Meaning

(often capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

More Meanings

1. (preceded by the) The collapse or end of something.
2. (figurative) Spiritual lifelessness.
3. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

Example Sentences

When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.

My grandfather died a violent death, which saddened the whole family.

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sat on him was Death"

Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly.

Word Forms

• deaths

Synonyms for death

Depending on context, synonyms include tomb, decease, decomposition, defunction, dematerialization, demise.

Antonyms for death

Common opposites include advent, beginning, birth, genesis, rise, start.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include decease, dying, destruction, end, last, demise.

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