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as in demise
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
we were all saddened by the death of our friend
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2
as in mortality
the state of being dead
death is one of the few constants in the universe
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as in dissolution
the act of ceasing to exist
the death of the Soviet economic system in the wake of the breakup of the USSR
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as in downfall
something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life
that muscle car will be the death of him yet
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as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
thousands of soldiers were lost on the field of death
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Recent Examples of death
Kids in his neighborhood went as far as staging an attack on his house and shooting his dog to death.
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Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
He was sentenced to death and remains on death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Her husband, Patrick, 46, was stabbed to death in their Over-the-Rhine home during a June burglary.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
In the first half of this season, two major league pitchers — Boston’s Liam Hendriks and Houston’s Lance McCullers Jr. — received anonymous death threats on social media and denounced them.
—Maria Torres, New York Times, 15 July 2025
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Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
He was sentenced to death and remains on death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
—Hanna Park, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Her husband, Patrick, 46, was stabbed to death in their Over-the-Rhine home during a June burglary.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 7 Aug. 2025
In the first half of this season, two major league pitchers — Boston’s Liam Hendriks and Houston’s Lance McCullers Jr. — received anonymous death threats on social media and denounced them.
—Maria Torres, New York Times, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for death
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Claire’s first filed for bankruptcy back in 2018, blaming similar larger economic factors for its demise.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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So, while rumors of its demise aren’t true, the show’s survival does underscore a bigger question: As federal dollars disappear, how many other programs (especially those without Tiny Desk’s global fanbase) will be able to weather the storm?—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Amid all the looming consciousness that our time on earth is precious, there are also specials unerringly devoted to utter stupidity, and even the comedians fixated on mortality are delivering life-affirming material, too.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Research shows a direct correlation between rising temperatures and mortality.—
Jyoti Thakur,
Scientific American,
5 Aug. 2025
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Others have found a higher risk of relationship dissolution when the woman outearns her husband, and men in this situation have an 11% greater chance of being diagnosed with a mental health problem.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The Papal States maintained armies until their dissolution in 1870.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Aug. 2025
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Sometimes a great strength can also be the source of a cliff-dive downfall.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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The old notes of downfall, discord, despair no longer resonate.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
27 July 2025
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Australia has designated Hamas a terrorist entity and Albanese repeated Monday his government's calls for the group to return Israeli hostages held since the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre.—
Bradford Betz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Some Israelis on the left are more aware of this now, but the open wound of both the massacre itself and those twenty live hostages and thirty bodies kept remain obsessions.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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The First Lady for 'Sincere Attention' President Trump hand-delivered a letter from his wife to Putin during the summit, which focused on the fate of Ukrainian and Russian children, Reuters reported, citing two unnamed White House officials.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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Ophelia is a young noblewoman whose fate is controlled by three men: Hamlet, the prince; Polonius, her father; and Laertes, her brother.—
Bryan West,
The Tennessean,
15 Aug. 2025
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While conducting a sweep of nearby buildings, university police found the 14-year-old dead at Casas del Rio, a student housing center in Albuquerque.—
Dalia Faheid,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
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Corrections officers found the 37-year-old dead from an apparent suicide in his cell Saturday, days before the hearing, where prosecutors were expected to outline the case against him.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Any changes to the program, including termination, require congressional action, and no such proposals have been introduced at the time of this writing.—
Jill Jones,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The science center in La Crosse, which lost staff in February as part of the Trump administration's sweeping terminations of federal workers earlier this year, produces critical research on the upper Mississippi River and other places across the Midwest and the world.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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