English > expiry: 2 senses > noun 2, event| Meaning | The event of dying or departure from life. |
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| Synonyms | death, decease |
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| Instances | Crucifixion | The death of Jesus by crucifixion |
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| Narrower | fatality, human death | A death resulting from an accident or a disaster |
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| martyrdom | death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause |
| megadeath | The death of a million people |
| passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release | euphemistic expressions for death |
| wrongful death | A death that results from a wrongful / wrongful act or from negligence |
| Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
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| Opposite | birth, nativity, nascency, nascence | The event of being born |
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| Spanish | deceso, defunción, desaparición, expiración, fallecimiento, muerte, óbito, tránsito |
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| Catalan | decés, defunció, desaparició, mort, òbit, traspàs, traspassament |
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