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death `noun` [ dɛθ ]

• the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism.

• "he had been depressed since the death of his father"

Similar: demise, dying, end, passing, passing away, passing on, loss of life, expiry, expiration, departure from life, final exit, eternal rest, murder, killing, assassination, execution, dispatch, slaying, slaughter, massacre, snuffing, curtains, kicking the bucket, decease, quietus,

Opposite: life,

Origin: Old English dēath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dood and German Tod, also to die1.

to death

• used of a particular action or process that results in someone's death.

• "he was stabbed to death"

as sure as death

• quite certain.

at death's door

• (especially in hyperbolic use) so ill that one may die.
"you've been out a lot, considering you're supposed to be at death's door"

be the death of

• (often used hyperbolically or humorously) cause someone's death.
"you'll be the death of me with all your questions"

be in at the death

• be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed.

catch one's death

• catch a severe cold or chill.
"don't come out, dear, you'll catch your death!"

do someone to death

• kill someone.
"he had been done to death by his two attackers"

do something to death

• perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar.
"a subject that has been done to death by generations of painters"

a fate worse than death

• a terrible experience.
"are you going to buy me a drink as well as rescuing me from a fate worse than death?"

like death warmed up

• extremely tired or ill.
"I feel like death warmed up"

put someone to death

• kill someone, especially with official sanction.
"the prisoner was found guilty of sabotage and put to death without trial"

till death do us part

• for as long as each of a couple live.
"to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, till death do us part"

to death

• used of a particular action or process that results in someone's death.
"he was stabbed to death"

to the death

• until dead.
"a fight to the death"

death noun [ dɛθ ]

to death

death `noun` [ dɛθ ]