transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈdeth ]
noun
Etymology: Middle English deeth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die — more at die
Date: before 12th century
1.
a. : a permanent cessation of all vital functions : the end of life — compare brain death
b. : an instance of dying
a disease causing many death s
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
3. capitalized : the destroyer of life represented usually as a skeleton with a scythe
4. : the state of being dead
5.
a. : the passing or destruction of something inanimate
the death of vaudeville
b. : extinction
6. : civil death
7. : slaughter
8. Christian Science : the lie of life in matter : that which is unreal and untrue : illusion
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- at death's door
- to death