Definition of death
1a : a permanent cessation of all vital (see vital sense 2a) functions : the end of life
The cause of death has not been determined. managed to escape death prisoners were put to death death threats — compare brain death
b : an instance of dying
a disease causing many deaths lived there until her death
2a : the cause or occasion of loss of life
drinking was the death of him
b : a cause of ruin
the slander that was death to my character— Wilkie Collins The drought was death to the farm.
3 capitalized,
folklore : the destroyer of life represented usually as a skeleton with a scythe
when death comes to take me away
4 : the state of being no longer alive : the state of being dead
5a : the passing or destruction of something inanimate the death of vaudeville
b : extinction the death of the dinosaurs
7 : slaughter death and destruction
8 Christian Science : the lie of life in matter : that which is unreal and untrue
at death's door to death
: close to death : critically ill
: beyond endurance : excessively bored to death scared to death of spiders I am sick to death of hearing your excuses. Most high rollers prefer Atlantic City and Las Vegas, where they are comped to death and have more diversions.— William G. Flanagan et al.
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The first known use of death was before the 12th century
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