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as in demise
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
we were all saddened by the death of our friend
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as in mortality
the state of being dead
death is one of the few constants in the universe
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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
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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
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as in massacre
the killing of a large number of people
thousands of soldiers were lost on the field of death
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Recent Examples of death
Progress was stalled by World War I and Wanamaker's death in 1922.
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
1 July 2026
His death signifies the loss of a key figure who bridged generations of one of baseball's most recognizable families, impacting the sport well beyond the major leagues.
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Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Heat kills more people than any other weather hazard in a typical year, according to NOAA, which reports an average of 238 heat deaths annually based on a 10-year preliminary average from 2015 through 2024.
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Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2026
After each cleaning session, the larvae were fed fruit or vegetable peels, since feeding only on flesh can prevent the superworms from molting or even hasten their death.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
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Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
1 July 2026
His death signifies the loss of a key figure who bridged generations of one of baseball's most recognizable families, impacting the sport well beyond the major leagues.
—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Heat kills more people than any other weather hazard in a typical year, according to NOAA, which reports an average of 238 heat deaths annually based on a 10-year preliminary average from 2015 through 2024.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
1 July 2026
After each cleaning session, the larvae were fed fruit or vegetable peels, since feeding only on flesh can prevent the superworms from molting or even hasten their death.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
See All Example Sentences for death
Recent Examples of Synonyms for death
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In a sense, Western multinationals unwittingly created their chief global competitors, along with the conditions for their own demise.
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Iserson also touched on Ponies‘ modest viewership, which ultimately led to its demise despite strong critical acclaim.
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Perhaps most notably, in several areas along the Western Front during World War I, British and German troops spontaneously observed an unofficial truce to celebrate the Christmas holiday and bury their dead.
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The Navy helped turn one of the few places where its dead still rest in view of the living into a recreation stop.
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Following the abrupt dissolution of Disney’s $1 billion investment in OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video app, Shin stressed that there are no plans to use A24’s existing IP to create GenAI tools.
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Coincidentally or not, that pained study of marital dissolution, co-starring Jolie’s then-husband Brad Pitt, intersected with the couple’s real-life breakup — not to mention Jolie’s grief over the death of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand.
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That would be his downfall on Monday, too, hitting his putt a little too hard.
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The Sound and The Fury Told by four narrators in a stream of consciousness writing style, this 1929 story describes the downfall of a wealthy Southern aristocratic family, the Compsons.
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Investigators said interviews with Sayer after his arrest indicated he was influenced by the Columbine High School massacre in 1999 that left 13 dead.
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Sacramento County prosecutors have placed Martin and Payton at the center of the massacre, a shootout at 10th and K streets that prosecutors say was fueled by gang rivalry, score-settling, anger and bravado, with deadly consequences.
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Diaz said the fate of the next 250 years for the United States is dependent on how adults prepare the next generation to take on the mantle.
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The deal brings to a close a legal battle that dragged in the courts over several years between Yale New Haven Health and Prospect Medical Holdings concerning the fate of Prospect’s three Connecticut hospitals.
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The researchers tracked 30-day mortality following common surgeries, and compared mortality rates for hospitals acquired, versus not acquired, by private equity firms.
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Already listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, in 2023 the species suffered widespread mortality in Florida waters following a heat wave.
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An arbitrator overturned the university’s termination, ordering them to reinstate the professor of justice studies.
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But the Supreme Court reversed those rulings, saying in a 6-3 decision that immigrants from Syria and Haiti are not entitled to judicial orders postponing the terminations of their temporary deportation protections.
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“Death.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/death. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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