Death

  • 41death —    by Bruce Baugh   Death is many things: a state of affairs, when a body s parts, through external causes, enter into a relation that is incompatible with that body s continued existence; an impersonal event of dying, expressed through an… …

    The Deleuze dictionary

  • 42death —    by Bruce Baugh   Death is many things: a state of affairs, when a body s parts, through external causes, enter into a relation that is incompatible with that body s continued existence; an impersonal event of dying, expressed through an… …

    The Deleuze dictionary

  • 43death — The writers of the Bible were not presented with the modern ethical and biological problems about what precisely constitutes human death. Is irreversible loss of vital functions necessary before it can be said that a human being is dead? Is it a… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 44death — noun 1》 the action or fact of dying or being killed.     ↘an instance of a person or an animal dying. 2》 the state of being dead.     ↘(Death) the personification of the power that destroys life, often represented as a skeleton or an old man… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 45death —    Beliefs and customs surrounding death are well documented at all periods and most social levels. Historical and literary writings amply describe those of the educated classes, while folklorists recorded any beliefs or practices among the folk… …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 46death — The cessation of life. In lower multicellular organisms, d. is a gradual process at the cellular level, because tissues vary in their ability to withstand deprivation of oxygen; in higher organisms, a cessation of integrated tissue and organ… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 47Death —    May be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented under a variety of aspects in Scripture:    1) The dust shall return to the earth as it was (Eccl. 12:7).    2) Thou takest away their breath, they die (Ps. 104:29).    3) It… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 48death — [[t]dɛθ[/t]] n. 1) the act of dying; the end of life Compare brain death 2) the state of being dead 3) extinction; destruction 4) (usu. cap.) the agent of death personified, usu. represented as the Grim Reaper 5) rel loss or absence of spiritual… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 49death — noun Etymology: Middle English deeth, from Old English dēath; akin to Old Norse dauthi death, deyja to die more at die Date: before 12th century 1. a. a permanent cessation of all vital functions ; the end of life compare …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 50death — See: AT DEATH S DOOR, BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, CATCH ONE S DEATH OF or TAKE ONE S DEATH OF, SIGN ONE S OWN DEATH WARRANT, TO DEATH …

    Dictionary of American idioms