: destruction, ruin
: the act of losing possession : deprivation
: the harm or privation resulting from loss or separation
: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body
: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings
: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction
: of or relating to animate being
: lifelong
: using a living model
What made you want to look up loss of life? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Test your knowledge of food vocabulary!
Take the quiz
Is that your picture under "Largest Vocabulary"?
Take the quiz
Test your knowledge - and maybe learn something along the way.
Take the quiz
Build a city of skyscrapers—one synonym at a time.
Play the game
