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| death [ deth ] (plural deaths) |
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1. end of being alive: the ending of all vital functions or processes in an organism or cell
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2. way of dying: a manner of dying
  an easy death
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3. somebody's dying: an instance of somebody's dying
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4. end of something: the destruction or extinction of something
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5. condition of being dead: the condition or quality of being dead
In death she looked peaceful and composed.
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| [ Old English dēaþ< Germanic] |
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at death's door so ill or injured as to be almost dead
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be in at the death to be present at the end or culmination of something
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be the death of somebody to cause somebody's deathoften used figuratively for emphasis
All this homework will be the death of me!
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beat something to death to repeat something, such as a story or idea, so often that people become bored with it
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catch your death (of cold) to get a very bad cold
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like death warmed over looking very sick
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put somebody to death to kill somebody, especially in accordance with a legal death sentence
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sick to death of something tired of hearing about something or having to deal with it
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to death
1. until somebody or something dies
2. used to add emphasis
bored to death
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to the death until one opponent in a fight is killed
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