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What does death mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word death? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
  2. (capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
  3. (the death) The collapse or end of something.
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People need time to grieve after the death of a family member.
Just as horrifying as these death marches was the Middle Passage, as it was called -- the transport of slaves across the Atlantic.
It would be overstating the case to say that it was a matter of life or death.
He appealed for a commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment.
In spite of the legerity of the plot concerning the lovers, the theme of death appears several times.
As a result of plea bargaining, he would not be sentenced to death.

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