Death is the term used to describe when biological functions that sustain a living organism cease. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury. All known organisms inevitably experience death. Bodies of living organisms begin to decompose shortly after death.

In human societies, the nature of death has for millennia been a concern of the world's religious traditions and of philosophical enquiry. This may include a belief in some kind of afterlife, reincarnation or that consciousness ceases to exist with an eternal oblivion.

Commemoration ceremonies after death may include various mourning or funeral practices. The physical remains of a person, commonly known as a corpse or body, are usually interred whole or cremated, though among the world's cultures there are a variety of other methods of mortuary disposal.

Noun

death (plural deaths)

1. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.

   The death of my grandmother saddened the whole family.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     "`Death,'" quoted Warwick, with whose mood the undertaker's remarks were in tune, "`is the penalty that all must pay for the crime of living.'"

2. (often capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

   When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.

3. Tarot card.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:death

Death is the permanent end of the life of a biological organism. Death may refer to the end of life as either an event or condition. In many cultures and in the arts, death is considered a being or otherwise personified, wherein it is usually capitalized as "Death".

Contents

• 1 Sourced
  • 1.1 Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations
  • 1.2 Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)
• 2 Unsourced
  • 2.1 Living with death - quotes and anecdotes
  • 2.2 Coming to terms with death
  • 2.3 Death
  • 2.4 Death and relationships
  • 2.5 Death and the meaning of life
  • 2.6 Others
  • 2.7 Humor
• 3 See also
• 4 External links

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