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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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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
On the roadside, between kiosks selling pistachio nuts and tea, black billboards mourn the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Iranian supreme leader killed in a February airstrike on the first day of the war.
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Paul Murdaugh was charged with felony boating under the influence in Beach's death in May of the same year.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The storyline will follow Shaikh Ali from his time as a young ruler who inherits Bahrain’s throne at 19-years-old following the death of his father.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2026
There is also Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, with whom Goodwin became close friends after his Sears climb and who remained close until Lee’s death in 2018.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
Paul Murdaugh was charged with felony boating under the influence in Beach's death in May of the same year.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 13 May 2026
The storyline will follow Shaikh Ali from his time as a young ruler who inherits Bahrain’s throne at 19-years-old following the death of his father.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 May 2026
There is also Stan Lee, the creator of Spider-Man, with whom Goodwin became close friends after his Sears climb and who remained close until Lee’s death in 2018.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for death
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D’Amaro has weathered a few bumps in his initial weeks on the job, however, among them the Bachelor meltdown, new attacks on Jimmy Kimmel, layoffs and the demise of a deal with OpenAI that was made on Iger’s watch.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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Now the airline’s demise has cleared the way for competitors to raise their prices—and has left roughly seventeen thousand people out of work.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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This is a guy who sees his mortality coming at him fast.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 May 2026
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Trippier was forced to confront his footballing mortality up close when Newcastle signed the exceptional Tino Livramento, then 20, in summer 2023.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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The researchers found that the cities’ chemical microenvironments increase calcite dissolution.—
Damien Pine,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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McMahon's first words to the committee, after the usual thank-you's, were a flag-planting for the department's forceful dissolution.—
Cory Turner,
NPR,
14 May 2026
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But in this dark, increasingly sad final season, and in our dark, sad reality, sometimes actively delighting in an evil person’s downfall is the only way to go.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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Icons like the Amazon rainforest, Great Barrier Reef, and Victoria Falls tend to top the list, but sometimes a site’s notoriety can be its downfall, especially when high visitation leads to crowding and environmental degradation.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2026
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This article includes graphic and disturbing accounts from the October 7 massacre in Israel.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the government’s massacre of anti-regime protestors in January and widespread destruction from the United States’ and Israel’s intermittent war.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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The fate of the MV Hondius has sparked international alarm after three passengers died in an outbreak of the rare virus for which no vaccines or specific treatments exist.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
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By the 1980s, however, many of the area’s mines and factories had closed and the slow withdrawal of the industries that built the place left Wrexham facing the same post-industrial fate that had decimated blue-collar communities all over the world.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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His remains showed clear signs of cannibalism, confirming early Inuit reports of desperate crew members resorting to eating their dead.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 May 2026
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Once the fog of chaos lifted, the police and the protesters both gathered their dead.—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The Daily Dividend General Motors employees laid off by the automaker this week detailed their terminations to CNBC's Michael Wayland.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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Rubino also cautioned that failure to comply could result in further disciplinary action, up to suspension or termination.—
Holly McDede,
ProPublica,
12 May 2026
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“Death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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