deaths

NOUN

end of life

Synonyms

STRONG

afterlife annihilation bereavement casualty cessation curtains darkness decease demise departure destruction dissolution downfall dying end ending eradication euthanasia exit expiration extermination extinction fatality finis finish grave heaven loss mortality necrosis obliteration oblivion paradise parting passing quietus release repose ruin ruination silence sleep termination tomb

WEAK

eternal rest grim reaper passing over

Antonyms

STRONG

accomplishment arrival beginning birth building coming commencement consciousness construction creation entrance hell initiation introduction opening start success understanding

WEAK

being entity existence life living

Example Sentences

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Mr. Shippey is the author of “Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings” and “Beowulf and the North Before the Vikings.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Following her inquest, the coroner raised concerns in a Prevention of Future Deaths report about the delays in resolving the investigation and the ease with which the allegations were made public.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

Appeared in the December 6, 2025, print edition as 'What Sports Bets and Train Deaths Have in Common'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

He’s written and directed indie films, including “The Gray Zone” and the forthcoming “The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

Deaths, births, marriages—why, just the other day he’d heard that Nancy Clutter’s boy friend, young Bobby Rupp, had gone and got married.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote