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Meaning of death

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  death
      n 1: the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came
           as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will
           pass to your grandchildren" [syn: {death}, {decease},
           {expiry}] [ant: {birth}, {nascence}, {nascency},
           {nativity}]
      2: the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or
         part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"
      3: the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more
         content in death than he had ever been in life"
      4: the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his
         plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: {death}, {dying},
         {demise}] [ant: {birth}]
      5: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she
         stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn:
         {death}, {last}]
      6: the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of
         the plague-bound city"
      7: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called
         glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: {end},
         {destruction}, {death}]
      8: the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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