· 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"

Synonym(s): decease, expiry

Hypernym(s): change, alteration, modification

Antonym(s): birth

· the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"

Hypernym(s): organic_phenomenon

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

Hypernym(s): state

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

Synonym(s): dying, demise

Hypernym(s): end, ending

Antonym(s): birth

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

Synonym(s): last

Hypernym(s): end, ending

· the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"

Synonym(s): Death

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

Synonym(s): end, destruction

Hypernym(s): state

· the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"

Hypernym(s): killing, kill, putting_to_death