Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)
Noun
Baseball
3. (an) out
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (166 in total)
cause of death
death (and entering the hereafter)
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
life and death
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
corpse; dead person
after death
death penalty; capital punishment
certain death
dead axle
(on the) verge of death
brain death
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
karoshi; death from overwork
death by drowning
sudden death
life and death; life or death
dying in vain
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
instant death
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
life and death
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
death in battle
death from disease; death from illness
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
casualties; the killed and wounded
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
accidental death
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
demon of death
life and death
fear of death
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
death by suffocation; death by choking
putrid smell of a corpse
sudden death
euthanasia
dead flesh; carrion
bereavement
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
look of death; shadow of death
suicide; apoptosis
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
fatal disease
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
desperate effort
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
half-dead
crushing to death
death from prostration; death from emaciation
mysterious death
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
stillbirth
hoarding; storing away (without using)
sudden death
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
postmortem lividity
unnatural death; violent death
(death by) electrocution
(dying of) natural causes
corpse
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
undetermined manner of death; suspicious death
deathbed
death by falling
ptomaine poisoning
life and death
life and death
die all together; go to the grave together
execution; death by execution
death in agony
large number of deaths; massive fatalities
deadly disease; fatal disease; final illness
death in jail; death in prison
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
at the risk of one's life; even if (I) die; even if it kills one (me, him, etc.); at all costs; no matter what; as long as I live
death from poisoning
adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax
fatal situation
merchant of death; arms dealer
dying of cuteness; dying from seeing something that makes one's heart go pitter-patter
death march
bleeding to death
lovers' suicide; double suicide
dead city; ghost town
fate; life or death
necrophilia; necrophilism
dance of death; danse macabre
dead thing; useless item
feigning death; playing possum; tonic immobility; thanatosis; apparent death
death during surgery; intra-operative death; operational death
place of death; place to die
dying while traveling; dying while abroad
dying while traveling; dying while abroad
lethal radioactive fallout; atomic dust
die of old age
death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)
extinct volcano
falling dead; perishing; dying
death of God (in philosophy)
dying in prison
heat death (i.e. of the universe)
cardiac death
two out; two down (and one to go)
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
place of execution
dying insane
for a family line to become extinct; to die
dead point
pitch that hits the batter
death
death by (child) abuse; (child) abuse resulting in death
narrowly averting death
vote for a losing candidate; wasted vote
dead child; stillborn child
inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering); death pains; agony of death
unnatural death
exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
once you're dead, that's it
weakening pulse; exhausted (mining) vein
the instant of death
when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
no outs
dead letter; meaningless writing
accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
waning moon
three outs
death by strangulation; ligature strangulation
cell death
dying of cancer
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
death from infection
dead weight; dead load; static load
crying over spilt milk; (lit.) counting the age of one's dead child
give me liberty, or give me death
burning to death
racking up unmanageably large mobile data costs; bill shock; (lit.) death by packet; being subjected to download speed restrictions (as a result of exceeding one's monthly mobile data allowance)
once you're dead, that's it
killed vaccine
no mortal escapes death; all men must die; (lit.) he who has life, certainly has death
death by physical trauma; violent death; exogenous death; death by an external cause
interphase death
death by hanging
disaster-related death; catastrophe-related death
earthquake-related death
group of death; tournament group containing many strong teams
apoptosis
wrongful death; death caused by violent crime
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
birth is the beginning of death
birth is the beginning of death
death from natural causes
home death; dying at home
dying in a fit of anger; fainting
Examples (63 in total)
I'm afraid of death.
Death is certain to come to everybody.
Death is the antithesis of life.