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departure
(Archaic) Death
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  1. (Archaic) Death
  2. (Naut.) The distance due east or west from the meridian of its starting point covered by a ship on a given course
  3. A divergence or deviation, as from an established rule, plan, or procedure:
euthanasia
(Now Rare) An easy and painless death
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  1. (Now Rare) An easy and painless death
  2. The process of terminating the life of another by merciful or painless means, to prevent further suffering. The process of terminating the life of another by merciful or painless means, to prevent further suffering.
  3. Act or practice of causing death painlessly, so as to end suffering: advocated by some as a way to deal with persons dying of incurable, painful diseases
decease
The act of dying; death.
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  1. The act of dying; death.
dying
A ceasing to live or exist; death
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  1. A ceasing to live or exist; death
demise
(Law) A transfer of an estate by lease, esp. for a fixed period
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  1. (Law) A transfer of an estate by lease, esp. for a fixed period
  2. The conveyance of an interest in real property for a specified time period by will or lease; the death of a person or cessation of a corporate entity. The conveyance of an interest in real property for a specified time period by will or lease; the death of a person or cessation of a corporate entity.
  3. The end of existence or activity; termination:
passing
A means or place of passing
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  1. A means or place of passing
  2. Death.
  3. The act of one that passes or the fact of having passed:
expiration
A breathing one's last; dying
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  1. A breathing one's last; dying
  2. The act of coming to a close; termination:
  3. A coming to an end; close
dissolution
Annulment or termination of a formal or legal bond or relationship.
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  1. Annulment or termination of a formal or legal bond or relationship.
  2. The ending of life; death
  3. The termination, cessation, or winding up of a legal entity such as a corporation or partnership; the consensual or judicially ordered undoing of a contract by placing the parties back into the positions they held before entering into it; the termination of a marriage. The termination, cessation, or winding up of a legal entity such as a corporation or partnership; the consensual or judicially ordered undoing of a contract by placing the parties back into the positions they held before entering into it; the termination of a marriage.
release
Liberating one from a duty or claim that she could have been held legally liable for.
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  1. Liberating one from a duty or claim that she could have been held legally liable for.
  2. The third group of eight measures in a common form of 32-bar chorus, as in a popular tune, which supplies a bridge between repetitions of the melody
  3. (--- Linguistics) The movement of a vocal organ or organs so as to end the closure of a stop consonant.
parting
Death
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  1. Death
  2. A place of division or separation; dividing point or line
  3. The act or process of separating or dividing.
quietus
A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.
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  1. A final discharge, as of a duty or debt.
  2. Discharge or release from life; death
  3. Anything that serves to quiet, curb, or end an activity
end of life
Termination of the sale or support for goods and services.
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  1. Termination of the sale or support for goods and services.
  2. (Medicine) Medical care options, primarily for patients who are considered critically ill.
extinction
(Astronomy) The dimming of celestial objects, usually measured in magnitudes, due to scattering and absorption of their light as it passes through interstellar dust clouds and the earth's atmosphere.
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  1. (Astronomy) The dimming of celestial objects, usually measured in magnitudes, due to scattering and absorption of their light as it passes through interstellar dust clouds and the earth's atmosphere.
  2. (Psychology) A reduction or a loss in the strength or rate of a conditioned response when the unconditioned stimulus or reinforcement is withheld.
  3. (Physiology) A gradual decrease in the excitability of a nerve to a previously adequate stimulus, usually resulting in total loss of excitability.
oblivion
The condition or quality of being completely forgotten:
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  1. The condition or quality of being completely forgotten:
  2. The act or an instance of forgetting; total forgetfulness:
  3. The condition or fact of being forgotten
mortality
The death rate from a particular disease
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  1. The death rate from a particular disease
  2. Mortals considered as a group; the human race.
  3. Death, especially of large numbers; heavy loss of life:
loss
The condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone:
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  1. The condition of being deprived or bereaved of something or someone:
  2. The amount of something lost:
  3. One that is lost:
necrosis
(Bot.) Death of plant tissue, as from disease, frost, etc.
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  1. (Bot.) Death of plant tissue, as from disease, frost, etc.
  2. The death of cells or tissues from severe injury or disease, especially in a localized area of the body. Causes of necrosis include inadequate blood supply (as in infarcted tissue), bacterial infection, traumatic injury, and hyperthermia.
  3. The death or decay of tissue in a particular part of the body, as from loss of blood supply, burning, etc.
brain death
A condition in which all vital functions of the brain are determined to have irreversibly ceased: variously accepted as a legal concept of death
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  1. A condition in which all vital functions of the brain are determined to have irreversibly ceased: variously accepted as a legal concept of death
  2. Irreversible brain damage and loss of brain function, as evidenced by cessation of breathing and other vital reflexes, unresponsiveness to stimuli, absence of muscle activity, and a flat electroencephalogram for a specific length of time.
rigor-mortis
The progressive stiffening of the muscles that occurs several hours after death as a result of the coagulation of the muscle protein
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  1. The progressive stiffening of the muscles that occurs several hours after death as a result of the coagulation of the muscle protein
  2. Muscular stiffening following death, resulting from the unavailability of energy needed to interrupt contraction of the muscle fibers.
thanatos
(Gr. Myth., person, proper) Death personified as a god: identified with the Roman Mors
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  1. (Gr. Myth., person, proper) Death personified as a god: identified with the Roman Mors
  2. Death as a personification or as a philosophical notion.
azrael
(Jewish Folklore, Muslim Folklore, person, proper) The angel who parts the soul from the body at death
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  1. (Jewish Folklore, Muslim Folklore, person, proper) The angel who parts the soul from the body at death
exit
A ramp or road leading from an expressway
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  1. A ramp or road leading from an expressway
  2. A passage or gate from inside someplace to the outside, outgang.
  3. The action of leaving.
end
The outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary:
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  1. The outside or extreme edge or physical limit; a boundary:
  2. The point in time when an action, event, or phenomenon ceases or is completed; the conclusion:
  3. The ultimate extent; the very limit:
finish
Anything used to give a desired surface effect, as paint, varnish, polish, wax, etc.
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  1. Anything used to give a desired surface effect, as paint, varnish, polish, wax, etc.
  2. The last treatment or coating of a surface:
  3. The last part; end
finis
The end; finish; conclusion
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  1. The end; finish; conclusion
roll-call
The reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent
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  1. The reading aloud of a list of names, and subsequent responses, in order to determine who is present or absent
  2. The time of day fixed for such an event
  3. Such an event in a legislative body in order to determine if a quorum exists
repose
Calm or ease of manner; composure
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  1. Calm or ease of manner; composure
  2. Harmony of form or color, giving an effect of tranquillity, as in painting
  3. Sleep
sleep
A state of inactivity resembling or suggesting sleep; unconsciousness, dormancy, hibernation, or death.
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  1. A state of inactivity resembling or suggesting sleep; unconsciousness, dormancy, hibernation, or death.
  2. A crust of dried tears or mucus normally forming around the inner rim of the eye during sleep.
  3. A natural, reversible state of rest in most vertebrate animals, occurring at regular intervals and necessary for the maintenance of health. During sleep, the eyes usually close, the muscles relax, and responsiveness to external stimuli decreases. Growth and repair of the tissues of the body are thought to occur, and energy is conserved and stored. In humans and certain other animals, sleep occurs in five stages, the first four consisting of non-REM sleep and the last stage consisting of REM sleep . These stages constitute a sleep cycle that repeats itself about five times during a normal episode of sleep. Each cycle is longer that the one preceding it because the length of the REM stage increases with every cycle until waking occurs. Stage I is characterized by drowsiness, Stage II by light sleep, and Stages III and IV by deep sleep. Stages II and III repeat themselves before REM sleep (Stage V), which occurs about 90 minutes after the onset of sleep. During REM sleep, dreams occur, and memory is thought to be organized. In the stages of non-REM sleep, there are no dreams, and brain activity decreases while the body recovers from wakeful activity. The amount and periodicity of sleep in humans vary with age, with infants sleeping frequently for shorter periods, and mature adults sleeping for longer uninterrupted periods.
separation
The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart:
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  1. The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart:
  2. An interval or space that separates; a gap:
  3. The condition of a husband and wife who remain married but who live apart, whether by mutual agreement or by decree of a court. See also divorce.
afterlife
The part of one's life that follows a particular event.
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  1. The part of one's life that follows a particular event.
  2. A life or existence believed to follow death.
other world
A world believed to exist after or beyond death
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  1. A world believed to exist after or beyond death
grave
Final end or death; extinction
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  1. Final end or death; extinction
  2. Death or extinction:
  3. A hole in the ground in which to bury a dead body
tomb
A grave or other place of burial.
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  1. A grave or other place of burial.
  2. A vault, chamber, or grave for the dead
  3. A monument commemorating the dead.
heaven
A state or place of complete happiness or perfect rest, attained by the good after death
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  1. A state or place of complete happiness or perfect rest, attained by the good after death
  2. The space surrounding or seeming to overarch the earth, in which the sun, moon, and stars appear; sky; firmament
  3. The powers of heaven; also, God
paradise
In various religious traditions, the Edenic or heavenly abode of righteous souls after death.
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  1. In various religious traditions, the Edenic or heavenly abode of righteous souls after death.
  2. A place of great beauty or happiness:
  3. (Place, proper) The abode of the righteous after death; abode of God and the blessed; heaven
hell
(--- Informal) One that causes trouble, agony, or annoyance:
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  1. (--- Informal) One that causes trouble, agony, or annoyance:
  2. (Informal) Any extremely disagreeable, unsettling, or punishing treatment or experience, or the cause or source of this
  3. An extremely difficult experience; torment or anguish:
purgatory
A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse:
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  1. A place or condition of suffering, expiation, or remorse:
  2. (Roman Catholic Church) A state in which the souls of those who have died in grace must expiate their sins.
  3. (Theol.) A state or place in which, in Roman Catholicism and other Christian doctrine, those who have died in the grace of God expiate their sins by suffering
decease
The act of dying; death.
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  1. The act of dying; death.
demise
(Law) A transfer of an estate by lease, esp. for a fixed period
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  1. (Law) A transfer of an estate by lease, esp. for a fixed period
  2. The transfer of a ruler's authority by death or abdication.
  3. The conveyance of an interest in real property for a specified time period by will or lease; the death of a person or cessation of a corporate entity. The conveyance of an interest in real property for a specified time period by will or lease; the death of a person or cessation of a corporate entity.
dissolution
Annulment or termination of a formal or legal bond or relationship.
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  1. Annulment or termination of a formal or legal bond or relationship.
  2. The ending of life; death
  3. The termination, cessation, or winding up of a legal entity such as a corporation or partnership; the consensual or judicially ordered undoing of a contract by placing the parties back into the positions they held before entering into it; the termination of a marriage. The termination, cessation, or winding up of a legal entity such as a corporation or partnership; the consensual or judicially ordered undoing of a contract by placing the parties back into the positions they held before entering into it; the termination of a marriage.
extinction
The condition of being extinguished:
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  1. The condition of being extinguished:
  2. (Astronomy) The dimming of celestial objects, usually measured in magnitudes, due to scattering and absorption of their light as it passes through interstellar dust clouds and the earth's atmosphere.
  3. The fact of being extinct or the process of becoming extinct:
passing
A means or place of passing
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  1. A means or place of passing
  2. Death.
  3. The act of one that passes or the fact of having passed:
quietus
Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate:
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  1. Something that serves to suppress, check, or eliminate:
  2. Anything that serves to quiet, curb, or end an activity
  3. Discharge or release from life; death
rest
The condition of being settled or resolved:
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  1. The condition of being settled or resolved:
  2. A period of inactivity, relaxation, or sleep:
  3. The repose of death:
casualty
An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.
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  1. An accident, especially one involving serious injury or loss of life.
  2. An individual or property that has been destroyed, injured, lost, or otherwise made ineffective.
  3. The harm to an individual or property as a result of a sudden, unexpected, or unusual event.
fatality
One who is killed as a result of such an occurrence:
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  1. One who is killed as a result of such an occurrence:
  2. A fatal quality; deadly effect; deadliness
  3. A decree made by fate; destiny.
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