单词 | death |
释义 | deathnoun ˈdeth 1 a : a permanent cessation of all vital (see vital sense 2a) functions : the end of life The cause of death has not been determined. managed to escape death prisoners were put to death death threats compare brain death b : an instance of dying a disease causing many deaths lived there until her death 2 a : the cause or occasion of loss of life drinking was the death of him b : a cause of ruin the slander that was death to my character Wilkie Collins The drought was death to the farm. 3 capitalized folklore : the destroyer of life represented usually as a skeleton with a scythe when death comes to take me away 4 : the state of being no longer alive : the state of being dead 5 a : the passing or destruction of something inanimate the death of vaudeville b : extinction the death of the dinosaurs 6 law : civil death 7 : slaughter death and destruction 8 Christian Science : the lie of life in matter : that which is unreal and untrue death noun1 as in demise the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities we were all saddened by the death of our friend Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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2 as in dead the state of being dead death is one of the few constants in the universe Synonyms & Similar Words
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3 as in dissolution the act of ceasing to exist the death of the Soviet economic system in the wake of the breakup of the USSR Synonyms & Similar Words
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4 as in downfall something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life that muscle car will be the death of him yet Synonyms & Similar Words
5 as in massacre the killing of a large number of people thousands of soldiers were lost on the field of death Synonyms & Similar Words
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