death -
the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
death -
the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"
state the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"
eternal rest,
eternal sleep,
quietus,
sleep,
rest a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
defunctness,
extinction the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
neonatal death death of a liveborn infant within the first 28 days of life
death -
the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"
organic phenomenon (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
cell death,
necrobiosis (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)
Death is the termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. The word refers both to the particular processes of life's cessation as well as to the condition or state of a formerly-living body. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include predation, malnutrition, accidents resulting in terminal injury, and disease.