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mortality

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mortality

the death especially of large numbers of people or animals

Tuberculosis was a leading cause of mortality back then.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of mortality

dead, deadness, death, grave, lifelessness, nothingness, sleep

bloodletting, bloodshed, foul play, homicide, killing, manslaughter, murder, slaying

genocide, pogrom

assassination, execution

bloodbath, butchery, carnage, death, holocaust, slaughter

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of mortality

life span, lifetime

existence, life

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