death

Definition

Examples

The whole office was saddened by the sudden death of a colleague.

Word Family

Synonyms

• deceasethe event of dying or departure from life
• demisethe time when something ends

Collocations

• Easy cause of death
  to cause of death, meaning to give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
• Medium death penalty debate
  describing death penalty debate (the event of dying or departure from life)
• Hard sudden death of the chairman
  describing sudden death of the chairman (happening without warning or in a short space of time)
• Very Hard sentence a proposal to death
  to sentence a proposal to death, meaning to pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law