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Death

🔄 Synonyms of "Death"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

WordDefinition
demisenoun(countable) Death; decease.
lastverbFinal, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
endnounThe terminal point of something in space or time.
destructionnounThe act of destroying.
dyingnounApproaching death; about to die; moribund.
deceasenoun(formal) Death, departure from life.

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nascencenounComing into being; inception, beginning.
nascencynounA state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
birthnoun(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
nativitynoun(also with capital initial) The birth of Jesus.

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deceasenoun(formal) Death, departure from life.
dyingnounThe process of approaching death; loss of life; death.
destructionnounThe act of destroying.
endnounThe terminal point of something in space or time.
lastnoun(shoemaking) A tool in the form of a foot on which an item of footwear (such as a boot or shoe) is placed for shaping while it is being manufactured or repaired.
demisenoun(countable) Death; decease.
extinctionnounThe action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
annihilationnounThe act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
gonernoun(informal) Someone (or something) doomed; a hopeless case, especially someone who is bound to die soon.
dienounThe cubical part of a pedestal; a plinth.
exterminationnounThe act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
mortalnounA human; someone susceptible to death.
mortalitynounThe state or quality of being mortal.
deceasednounNo longer alive; dead.
mortnounDeath; especially, the death of game in hunting.
deadlyCausing death; lethal.
lethalitynounThe fact of something being lethal; the ability of something to kill.
deadnoun(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
killnoun(transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
killingnounThe act of killing.

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