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Common
noun
•
The
cessation
of life
and all
associated
processes
; the
end of
an organism's
existence
as an
entity
independent
from its
environment
and its
return
to an
inert
,
nonliving
state
.
•
Execution
(in the
judicial
sense
).
•
The
personification
of
death
as a
hooded
figure
with a
scythe
; the
Grim Reaper
. The
pronoun
he is not the only
option
, but
probably
the most
traditional
one, as it
matches
with the
male
grammatical gender
of
Old English
dēaþ, also with
cognate
German
der
Tod
. The
fourth
apocalyptic
rider
(Bible,
revelations
6:8) is
male
θᾰ́νᾰτος (thanatos) in
Greek
. It has the
female
name
Mors
in
Latin
, but is
referred
to with
male
forms
qui and eum. The
following
quotes
show
this
rider
on a
pale
horse
is his in the
English
Bible
and she in
Peter
Gabriel's
lyrics
.
•
The
collapse
or
end of
something.
•
A
cause
of
great
stress
,
exhaustion
,
embarrassment
, or another
negative
condition
(
for someone
).
•
Spiritual
lifelessness
.
name
•
The
personification
of
death
, often a
skeleton
with a
scythe
, and one of the
four horsemen of the apocalypse
.
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Similar
fatality
quietus
crash
demise
doom
downfall
mortality
repose
defunction
decease
deth
expiration
fall
life-or-death
exit
(the) end
celestial transfer
(the) bane
dirt nap
the big sleep
sleep of the just
matter of life and death
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murder
suicide
destruction
fate
crucifixion
decapitation
dying
killing
tragedy
extinction
disappearance
resurrection
birth
life
injury
torture
suffering
violence
suffocation
annihilation
torment
illness
grief
misery
starvation
trauma
sin
fatal
pain
corpse
euthanasia
martyrdom
assassination
loss
accident
divorce
betrayal
defeat
marriage
killer
disease
story
rape
imprisonment
abortion
punishment
man
war
execution
mother
sickness
revenge
fear
passing
homicide
evil
loss of life
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Opposite
genesis
life
start
advent
beginning
birth
rise
Rhymes
Eth
beth
Beth
heth
meth
Seth
death
breath
Lineage
death
English
deeth
Middle English (1100-1500)
deaþ
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
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