Synonyms for death
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1. Deathnoun

   Synonyms:
   Grim Reaper

2. deathnoun

   The personification of death.

   The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family.

   Synonyms:
   Grim Reaper

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1. death

   Synonyms:
   departure, demise, decease, dissolution, mortality, fall, failure, termination, cessation, expiration, release, exit

   Antonyms:
   birth, rise, life, growth, vigor, animation, spirit, activity, operation, action, commencement, vitality, auspices, inauguration

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1. death, decease, expirynoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   decease, expiry, end, termination, expiration, destruction, dying, last, demise

   Antonyms:
   nativity, birth, nascence, nascency

2. deathnoun

   the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism

   "the animal died a painful death"

   Synonyms:
   end, destruction, demise, decease, expiry, dying, last

   Antonyms:
   nativity, birth, nascency, nascence

3. deathnoun

   the absence of life or state of being dead

   "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"

   Synonyms:
   end, destruction, demise, decease, expiry, dying, last

   Antonyms:
   birth, nativity, nascence, nascency

4. death, dying, demisenoun

   the time when something ends

   "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

   Synonyms:
   decease, expiry, end, destruction, dying, last, demise

   Antonyms:
   nascence, nascency, nativity, birth

5. death, lastnoun

   the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

   "she stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last"

   Synonyms:
   cobbler's last, shoemaker's last, last, conclusion, finish, expiry, end, destruction, finis, stopping point, demise, dying, close, final stage, decease, finale

   Antonyms:
   nativity, birth, nascence, nascency

6. Deathnoun

   the personification of death

   "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"

   Synonyms:
   end, destruction, demise, decease, expiry, dying, last

   Antonyms:
   nascence, nascency, birth, nativity

7. end, destruction, deathnoun

   a final state

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

   Synonyms:
   goal, remainder, devastation, terminal, last, expiry, conclusion, end, ending, demolition, demise, wipeout, dying, remnant, closing, destruction, close, final stage, oddment, decease

   Antonyms:
   nascence, nascency, birth, nativity

8. deathnoun

   the act of killing

   "he had two deaths on his conscience"

   Synonyms:
   end, destruction, demise, decease, expiry, dying, last

   Antonyms:
   birth, nativity, nascence, nascency

Matched Categories

1. • Imaginary Being
   • Killing
   • Organic Phenomenon
   • State

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1. deathnoun

   Synonyms:
   decease, demise, dying, dissolution, departure, exit, end of life, king of terrors, debt of nature

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1. deathnoun

   Synonyms:
   decease, demise, dissolution, dying, mortality, expiration, quietus, mort, obit, extinction, euthanasia (an easy death)

   Associated words:
   eschatology, thanatology, thanatopsis, necrology, thanatophobia, necrophobia, necrolatry, requiem, necromancy, posthumous, post-mortem, ante-mortem, euthanasian, dirge, crossbones, placebo, in extremis, decedent, funeral, obit, obitual, necrologist, fatality, fatal, casualty

2. deathnoun

   Associated words:
   mortuary, rigor mortis

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1. List of paraphrases for "death":

   dead, deaths, penalty, mortality, died, killed, die, killing, muerte, dies, fatalities, capital, punishment, demise, mort, dying, passing, tod, sentence, fatality, decease, murder, executions, execution, bereavement

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1. DEATH

   Synonyms:
   Dying Experiences At The Hitchcock (Medical Center, Dartmouth)

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1. James Bridwell:

   Adventure and excitement are the two things missing from civilization. Danger keeps you on your toes. You'll never feel as alive as when death is over your shoulder.

2. Rebecca Phillips ':

   It just shows that HBCUs have been so undervalued, underfunded and neglected that our presidents are willing ... to go to a man who has failed to disavow the KKK, who has advocated for the death penalty for five young men in the 1990s, who has shouted out in a crowd saying, 'Look at my African American,' the fact that we are in such a desperate need for funding that they find this to be an opportunity? That's what got me.

3. Farrokh Sekaleshfar:

   Death is the sentence. There’s nothing to be embarrassed about this. Death is the sentence, we have to have that compassion for people. With homosexuals, it’s the same. Out of compassion, let’s get rid of them now.

4. Buddha:

   Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

5. Renata Espinoza:

   I felt like she had just taken something from us, she had just taken justice from us. From Isaac Espinoza.Renata. Isaac Espinoza.Renata was only thinking of Isaac Espinoza.Renata. I couldn't understand why. I was in disbelief that Isaac Espinoza.Renata had gone on and already made Isaac Espinoza.Renata decision to not seek the death penalty for my husband.