death

Noun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  end , destruction , Death , last , dying , demise , decease , expiry
• Antonyms: 
  birth , nativity , nascency , nascence