dɛθ dɪˈsiːs dɪˈmaɪz ˌdɪsˈtɹʌkʃən ɛnd ɪkˈspaɪ.əɹ.i the act of killing he had two deaths on his conscience the event of dying or departure from life her death came as a terrible shock upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism the animal died a painful death the absence of life or state of being dead he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life a final state he came to a bad end the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end the time at which life ends; continuing until dead she stayed until his death a struggle to the last the time when something ends it was the death of all his plans a dying of old hopes