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单词 to death
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death

noun

ˈdeth How to pronounce death (audio)
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
Phrases
at death's door
: close to death : critically ill
to death
: beyond endurance : excessively
bored to death
scared to death of spiders
I am sick to death of hearing your excuses.
Most high rollers prefer Atlantic City and Las Vegas, where they are comped to death and have more diversions. William G. Flanagan et al.

Synonyms

  • curtains
  • decease
  • demise
  • dissolution
  • doom
  • end
  • exit
  • expiration
  • expiry
  • fate
  • grave
  • great divide
  • passage
  • passing
  • quietus
  • sleep
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Example Sentences

birth, life, and eventual death The newspaper did not report the cause of death. People around the world mourned his death. The accident resulted in two deaths. The number of deaths from cancer is rising. He died a violent death. There has been a death in the family. The general met his death on the battlefield. the death of a marriage Death could be seen lurking in the corner of the painting. See More
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English deeth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die — more at die

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

death

noun

ˈdeth How to pronounce death (audio)
1
: the end or ending of life
2
: the cause of loss of life
Drinking will be the death of him.
3
: the state of being dead
He was more famous in death than in life.
4
: ruin entry 2 sense 1, extinction
DVDs meant the death of videotape.

Medical Definition

death

noun

ˈdeth How to pronounce death (audio)
1
: the irreversible cessation of all vital functions especially as indicated by permanent stoppage of the heart, respiration, and brain activity : the end of life see brain death
2
: the cause or occasion of loss of life
drinking was the death of him
3
: the state of being dead
in death as in life

Legal Definition

death

noun

: a permanent cessation of all vital bodily functions : the end of life see also brain death, civil death

Note: Death is usually defined by statute and for purposes of criminal homicide has been held to include brain death.

to death

phrase

as in too
beyond a normal or acceptable limit A movie with a tired plot that has been done to death.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • too
  • overly
  • excessively
  • unacceptably
  • very
  • extremely
  • inordinately
  • intolerably
  • unusually
  • to a fault
  • incredibly
  • unduly
  • overmuch
  • exorbitantly
  • exceptionally
  • terribly
  • devilishly
  • highly
  • monstrously
  • super
  • unbearably
  • unreasonably
  • extra
  • with a vengeance
  • improperly
  • especially
  • extravagantly
  • obscenely
  • uncustomarily
  • immoderately
  • remarkably
  • deadly
  • inappropriately
  • hugely
  • unconscionably
  • greatly
  • uncommonly
  • extensively
  • abnormally
  • considerably
  • significantly
  • exceedingly
  • extraordinarily
  • inexcusably
  • substantially
  • singularly
  • astronomically
  • extortionately
  • eminently
  • intemperately
  • mightily
  • freakishly
  • exceeding
  • whacking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • insufficiently
  • inadequately
  • moderately
  • reasonably
  • just
  • deficiently
  • hardly
  • modestly
  • slightly
  • acceptably
  • scarcely
  • barely
  • marginally
  • minimally
  • temperately
  • meagerly
  • scantily
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