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flatter2 |
a die plate with a flat opening, used to form flat metal strips, esp. in watchmaking. [1/3 definitions] |
freeze |
to die of intense cold. [2/17 definitions] |
give up the ghost |
to lose one's life; die. |
go1 |
to stop functioning; fail; die. [1/28 definitions] |
gone |
dead or about to die. [1/9 definitions] |
hang |
to die by hanging. [1/17 definitions] |
hangman |
the person who hangs those condemned to die by hanging; executioner. |
heaven |
in many religions, a place where God is and where people go after they die if they have been good people on earth. |
hell |
a place that some people believe exists. It is where evil spirits live and where bad people are punished after they die. |
kick the bucket |
(slang, sometimes offensive) of a person, to die. |
kill1 |
to cause to die. |
life-support system |
a system of equipment, esp. in a hospital, that keeps a person alive when he or she might otherwise die. [1/2 definitions] |
martyr |
a person who chooses to die or be killed rather than give up his or her religion. [1/2 definitions] |
mortal |
not living forever; having to die some day. [1/5 definitions] |
mortality |
the quality or state of being destined to die. [1/3 definitions] |
on (one's) last legs |
having very little energy, strength, hope, or ability to go on; likely to collapse or die. |
overdose |
to become very sick or die from taking too much of a drug. [1/2 definitions] |
pass |
to stop living; die. [1/14 definitions] |
pass away |
used as a polite expression for die. |
pass on |
(polite) to die; pass away. [1/3 definitions] |
perish |
to die by violence or in some other sudden way. |
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