death

noun

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Definition of death:

death (noun):: compare brain death; an instance of this; the event of dying or departure from life.; a permanent cessation of all vital (see vital sense 2a) functions the end of life

Synonyms for death:

alteration

assassination

bereavement

cessation

change

curtains

decease

demise

departure

destruction

dissolution

doom

dying

end

exit

expiration

expiry

fatality

fate

going

grave

human death

last

loss

martyrdom

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Antonyms for death:

arrival

bearing

becoming alive

beginning

being

birth

birthing

childbearing

childbirth

coming

commencement

conception

consciousness

creation

dawn

delivery

emergence

entity

entrance

eternality

genesis

geniture

inception

incipience

incipiency

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