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death

/ˈdɛɵ/

US UK

noun

plural deaths

[noncount] :the end of life :the time when someone or something dies

birth, life, and eventual death

fear of death

She is close to death. [=she will die soon]

death threats

The hostage managed to escape death. [=avoid being killed]

The newspaper did not report the cause of death.

She was convicted of murder and sentenced/condemned to death. [=told that she would be killed as punishment] - see also brain death death knell at knell

[count] :the ending of a particular person's life

People around the world mourned his death.

She worked at the newspaper until her death at (age) 74.

The accident resulted in two deaths.

The number of deaths from cancer is rising.

He died a violent/tragic death.

There has been a death in the family.

She survived the plane crash and many years later died a natural death. [=from natural causes; because she was old]

The general met his death on the battlefield.

[count] :the permanent end of something that is not alive :the ruin or destruction of something

the death of innocence

the death of vaudeville

the death of a marriage

Death [noncount] literary :the force that ends life and is often shown in art or literature as a skeleton

Death could be seen lurking in the corner of the painting.

when Death comes to take me away - see also black death, kiss of death, sudden death

a matter of life and death

xem life

at death's door

about to die :very sick and in danger of dying

He is sick, but he's not at death's door.

be the death of

to cause (someone) to die

I worry that his drug addiction will be the death of him. - often used figuratively

Those kids will be the death of me! [=they worry and upset me very much]

catch your death (of cold)

xem catch

like death warmed over

US or Brit like death warmed up

informal :very tired or sick

We worked through the night, and by morning we looked like death warmed over.

put to death

A person or animal that is put to death is killed at a scheduled time by someone who is legally allowed to do so.

a serial killer who was put to death [=executed] for the murder of 28 people

The dog that attacked the children was later put to death.

to death

used to say how someone died or was killed

He was shot/stabbed to death.

They froze/starved to death.

She drank herself to death. [=drank a lot of alcohol until it made her so sick that she died]

very much :to a great degree

We were bored/scared to death. [=extremely bored/scared]

That teacher works her students to death. [=she makes them work too hard]

He's wonderful! I just love him to death!

I'm sick to death of hearing about the scandal. [=I don't want to hear anything more about the scandal; I've heard too much about it]

That song has been done to death. [=many musicians have performed that song]

to the death

until someone is dead

The warriors would fight to the death.

a battle to the death

with all of your energy and effort

Some parents do not want the school to be closed, and say they'll fight to the death for it.

* Các từ tương tự:
death benefit, death blow, death camp, death certificate, death duty, death grip, death mask, death penalty, death rate