death /dɛθ/
1. 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"
synset: death, decease, expiry
antonym: birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"
synset: death
3. the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"
synset: death
4. the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"
5. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"
6. the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"
synset: Death
7. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"
synset: end, destruction, death
8. the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
synset: death
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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