death definition

1. the event of dying or departure from life
• examples: her death came as a terrible shock
• examples: upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
• examples: the animal died a painful death
3. the absence of life or state of being dead
• examples: he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life
4. the time when something ends
• examples: it was the death of all his plans
• examples: a dying of old hopes
5. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
• examples: she stayed until his death
• examples: a struggle to the last
6. the personification of death
• examples: Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city
7. the act of killing
• examples: he had two deaths on his conscience