English-Thai Dictionary
death
N การตาย การ เสียชีวิต การ ถึงแก่กรรม การ สิ้นชีวิต การ สิ้นใจ decease demise departure dying expiration passing the act of dying the end of life loss of life birth life kan-tai
death
N การ ทำลาย การถูก ทำลาย kan-tam-lai
death
N การ สาบสูญ kan-sab-sun
death
N การ สิ้นสุด การยุติ การ จบสิ้น การถูก ทำลาย การดับ destruction end extinction kan-sin-sub
death
N ความตาย มรณ กรรม การ สิ้นชีวิต การ เสียชีวิต kwam-tai
death certificate
N มรณ บัตร เอกสาร ทางราชการ ที่ แพทย์ ระบุ สาเหตุ ของ การตาย ไว้ mor-ra-na-bud
death rate
N อัตราการตาย ad-tra-kan-tai
death warrant
N คำสั่ง ประหารชีวิต คำพิพากษา ให้ ประหาร kam-sang-pra-han-chi-wid
death wish
N ความรู้สึก อยาก ตาย kwam-ru-suek-yak-tai
deathbed
N เตียงนอน ที่ คนตาย นอน เตียงนอนข ณะที่ ตาย tiang-non-ti-kon-tai-non
deathblow
N เหตุการณ์ หรือ การกระทำ ที่ ทำให้ ตาย หรือ ทำให้ บางอย่าง จบสิ้น hed-kan-rue-kan-kra-tam-ti-tham-hai-tai-rue-tham-hai-bang-yang-job-sin
deathknell
N สัญญ ลักษ ณ์ แสดง ความตาย san-ya-lak-sa-daeng-sa-daeng-kwam-tai
deathless
ADJ อมตะ ไม่ ตาย มีชีวิต นิรันดร์ immortal everlasting death mortal am-ma-tar
deathly
A ที่ ทำให้ ตาย ti-tam-hai-tai
deathsman
N นักฆ่า nak-khar
deathwatch
N ผู้ ที่ ดูแล คน ก่อน ตาย poo-ti-doo-lae-korn-tai
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DEATH
n.deth. 1. That state of a being, animal or vegetable, but more particularly of an animal, in which there is a total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions, when the organs have not only ceased to act, but have lost the susceptibility of renewed action. Thus the cessation of respiration and circulation in an animal may not be death, for during hybernation some animals become entirely torpid, and some animals and vegetables may be subjected to a fixed state by frost, but being capable of revived activity, they are not dead.
2. The state of the dead; as the gates of death. Job 38:17.
3. The manner of dying.
Thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. Ezekiel 28:8.
Let me die the death of the righteous. Numbers 23:1 .
4. The image of mortality represented by a skeleton; as a death's head.
5. Murder; as a man of death.
6. Cause of death.
O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. 2 Kings 4:4 .
We say, he caught his death.
7. Destroyer or agent of death; as, he will be the death of his poor father.
8. In poetry, the means or instrument of death; as an arrow is called the feathered death; a ball, a leaden death.
Deaths invisible come winged with fire.
9. In theology, perpetual separation from God, and eternal torments; called the second death. Revelation 2:11.
1 . Separation or alienation of the soul from God; a being under the dominion of sin, and destitute of grace or divine life; called spiritual death.
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. 1 John 3:14; Luke 1:79.
Civil death, is the separation of a man from civil society, or from the enjoyment of civil rights; as by banishment, abjuration of the realm, entering into a monastery, etc.
DEATH-BED
n.deth'-bed. The bed on which a person dies or is confined in his last sickness.
DEATH-BODING
a.Portending death.
DEATH-DARTING
a.Darting or inflicting death.
DEATHS-DOOR
n.A near approach to death; the gates of death.
DEATHFUL
a.Full of slaughter; murderous; destructive. These eyes behold the deathful scene.
DEATHFULNESS
n.Appearance of death.
DEATHLESS
a.Immortal; not subject to death, destruction or extinction; as deathless beings; deathless fame.
DEATHLIKE
a. 1. Resembling death; gloomy; still; calm; quiet; peaceful; motionless; like death in horror or in stillness; as deathlike slumbers.
2. Resembling death; cadaverous.
DEATHS-MAN
n.An executioner; a hangman.
DEATH-SHADOWED
a.Surrounded by the shades of death.
DEATH-TOKEN
n.That which indicates approaching death.
DEATHWARD
adv. Toward death.
DEATH-WATCH
n.A small insect whose ticking is weakly supposed, by superstitious and ignorant people, to prognosticate death.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DEATH
Death, n. Etym: [OE. deth, dea, AS. deá; akin to OS. d, D. dood, G.tod, Icel. dau, Sw. & Dan. död, Goth. daupus; from a verb meaning to die. See Die, v. i., and cf. Dead. ]
1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.
Note: Local death is going on at times and in all parts of the living body, in which individual cells and elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a process essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death ), and death of the tissues. By the former is implied the absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the ultimate structural constituents of the body. When death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until after a considerable interval. Huxley.
2. Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory. The death of a language can not be exactly compared with the death of a plant. J. Peile.
3. Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life. A death that I abhor. Shak. Let me die the death of the righteous. Num. xxiii. 1 .
4. Cause of loss of life. Swiftly flies the feathered death. Dryden. He caught his death the last county sessions. Addison.
5. Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe. Death! great proprietor of all. Young. And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that at on him was Death. Rev. vi. 8.
6. Danger of death. "In deaths oft. " 2 Cor. xi. 23.
7. Murder; murderous character. Not to suffer a man of death to live. Bacon.
8. (Theol.)
Defn: Loss of spiritual life. To be death. Rom. viii. 6.
9. Anything so dreadful as to be like death. It was death to them to think of entertaining such doctrines. Atterbury. And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death. Judg. xvi. 16.
Note: Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc. Black death. See Black death, in the Vocabulary. -- Civil death, the separation of a man from civil society, or the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm, entering a monastery, etc. Blackstone. -- Death adder. (Zoöl.) (a ) A kind of viper found in South Africa (Acanthophis tortor ); -- so called from the virulence of its venom. (b ) A venomous Australian snake of the family Elapidæ, of several species, as the Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica. -- Death bell, a bell that announces a death. The death bell thrice was heard to ring. Mickle. -- Death candle, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the superstitious as presaging death. -- Death damp, a cold sweat at the coming on of death. -- Death fire, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode death. And round about in reel and rout, The death fires danced at night. Coleridge.-- Death grapple, a grapple or struggle for life. -- Death in life, a condition but little removed from death; a living death. [Poetic ] "Lay lingering out a five years' death in life. " Tennyson. -- Death knell, a stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death. -- Death rate, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths to the population. At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than in rural districts. Darwin. -- Death rattle, a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a dying person. -- Death's door, the boundary of life; the partition dividing life from death. -- Death stroke, a stroke causing death. -- Death throe, the spasm of death. -- Death token, the signal of approaching death. -- Death warrant. (a ) (Law ) An order from the proper authority for the execution of a criminal. (b ) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy. -- Death wound. (a ) A fatal wound or injury. (b ) (Naut. ) The springing of a fatal leak. -- Spiritual death (Scripture ), the corruption and perversion of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God. -- The gates of death, the grave. Have the gates of death been opened unto thee Job xxxviii. 17. -- The second death, condemnation to eternal separation from God. Rev. ii. 11. -- To be the death of, to be the cause of death to; to make die. "It was one who should be the death of both his parents. " Milton.
Syn. -- Death, Decrase, Departure, Release. Death applies to the termination of every form of existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words only to the human race. Decease is the term used in law for the removal of a human being out of life in the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.
DEATHBED
DEATHBED Death "bed, n.
Defn: The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness. That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. Thackeray.
DEATHBIRD
DEATHBIRD Death "bird `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi ); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.
DEATHBLOW
DEATHBLOW Death "blow `, n.
Defn: A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. The deathblow of my hope. Byron.
DEATHFUL
DEATHFUL Death "ful, a.
1. Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody. These eyes behold The deathful scene. Pope.
2. Liable to undergo death; mortal. The deathless gods and deathful earth. Chapman.
DEATHFULNESS
DEATHFULNESS Death "ful *ness, n.
Defn: Appearance of death. Jer. Taylor.
DEATHLESS
DEATHLESS Death "less, a.
Defn: Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.
DEATHLIKE
DEATHLIKE Death "like `, a.
1. Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope.
2. Deadly. [Obs. ] "Deathlike dragons. " Shak.
DEATHLINESS
DEATHLINESS Death "li *ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.
DEATHLY
DEATHLY Death "ly, a.
Defn: Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.
DEATHLY
DEATHLY Death "ly, adv.
Defn: Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.
DEATH'S-HEAD
DEATH'S-HEAD Death's "-head `, n.
Defn: A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death. I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone in his mouth. Shak. Death's-head moth (Zoöl.), a very large European moth (Acherontia atropos ), so called from a figure resembling a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also death's-head sphinx.
DEATH'S-HERB
DEATH'S-HERB Death's "-herb `, n.
Defn: The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna ). Dr. Prior.
DEATHSMAN
DEATHSMAN Deaths "man, n.
Defn: An executioner; a headsman or hangman. [Obs. ] Shak.
DEATHWARD
DEATHWARD Death "ward, adv.
Defn: Toward death.
DEATHWATCH
DEATHWATCH Death "watch ` (; 224 ), n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a ) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species ). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. (b ) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidæ, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick. She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches. Addison. I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat. Tennyson.
2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution.
New American Oxford Dictionary
death
death |deTH dɛθ | ▶noun the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism: I don't believe in life after death | an increase in deaths from skin cancer | [ as modifier ] : a death sentence. • the state of being dead: even in death, she was beautiful. • the permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue. • ( Death ) [ in sing. ] the personification of the power that destroys life, often represented in art and literature as a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe. • [ in sing. ] the destruction or permanent end of something: the death of her hopes. • informal a damaging or destructive state of affairs: to be driven to a dance by one's father would be social death. PHRASES at death's door (esp. in hyperbolic use ) so ill that one might die. be the death of (often used hyperbolically or humorously ) cause someone's death: you'll be the death of me with all your questions. be in at the death be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed. • be present when something fails or comes to an end. catch one's death ( of cold ) informal catch a severe cold or chill. do someone to death kill someone. do something to death perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar: a subject that has been done to death by generations of painters. a fate worse than death a terrible experience, esp. that of seduction or rape. like death warmed over (or up ) informal extremely tired or ill. a matter of life and death see life. put someone to death kill someone, esp. with official sanction. till (or until ) death us do part for as long as both people in a couple live. [from the marriage service in the Book of Common Prayer . ] to death used of a particular action or process that results in someone's death: he was stabbed to death. • used to emphasize the extreme nature of a specific action, feeling, or state of mind: I'm sick to death of you | the story scared me to death . to the death until dead: a fight to the death. DERIVATIVES death like |-ˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN Old English dēath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dood and German Tod, also to die 1 .
death adder
death ad der ▶noun a venomous Australian snake that has a thin wormlike tail, which it uses to lure birds and other prey. [Genus Acanthophis, family Elapidae: three species, in particular A. antarcticus. ]
deathbed
death bed |ˈdeTHˌbed ˈdɛθˈˌbɛd | ▶noun the bed where someone is dying or has died. • used in reference to the time when someone is dying: she visited him on his deathbed | [ as modifier ] : a deathbed confession.
death benefit
death ben e fit ▶noun the amount paid to a beneficiary upon the death of an insured person. Also called face amount.
death blow
death blow |ˈdɛθ ˈˌbloʊ | ▶noun an impact or stroke that causes death. • an event, circumstance, or action that ends something abruptly: it was Galileo Galilei who dealt the death blow to the geocentric theory.
death camp
death camp ▶noun a prison camp, esp. one for political prisoners or prisoners of war, in which many die from poor conditions and treatment or from mass execution.
death cap
death cap ▶noun a deadly poisonous toadstool with a pale olive-green cap and white gills, growing in broadleaved woodland in both Eurasia and North America. ●Amanita phalloides, family Amanitaceae, class Hymenomycetes.
death cell
death cell ▶noun a cell occupied by a prisoner who has been condemned to death or who awaits execution.
death certificate
death cer tif i cate |dɛθ ˌsərˈtɪfəkeɪt | ▶noun an official statement, signed by a physician, of the cause, date, and place of a person's death.
death-dealing
death-deal ing ▶adjective capable of causing death: death-dealing drugs.
death duty
death duty ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) a tax levied on property after the owner's death (replaced officially in 1975 by capital transfer tax and in 1986 by inheritance tax ).
death futures
death fu tures ▶plural noun informal life insurance policies of terminally ill people, purchased by a third party at less than their mature value as a form of short-term investment. See also viatical settlement.
death grant
death grant ▶noun (in the UK ) a state grant towards funeral expenses (abolished under the Social Security Act 1986 ).
death house
death house ▶noun informal the building in which prisoners are kept in preparation for execution.
death instinct
death in stinct ▶noun Psychoanalysis an innate desire for self-annihilation, thought to be manifest in the conservative and regressive tendency of the psyche to reduce tension. Compare with life instinct.
death knell
death knell |ˈdɛθ ˌnɛl | ▶noun [ in sing. ] the tolling of a bell to mark someone's death. • used to refer to the imminent destruction or failure of something: the chaos may sound the death knell for the peace plan.
deathless
death less |ˈdeTHlis ˈdɛθləs | ▶adjective chiefly literary, humorous immortal: deathless beauty | he died before his song could be recorded, but his compositions are deathless. DERIVATIVES death less ness noun
deathly
death ly |ˈdeTHlē ˈdɛθli | ▶adjective ( deathlier, deathliest ) resembling or suggestive of death: a deathly hush fell over the breakfast table | [ as submodifier ] : she felt deathly cold. • archaic, literary of, relating to, or causing death: an eagle carrying a snake in its deathly grasp.
death mask
death mask |ˈdɛθ ˈˌmæsk | ▶noun a plaster cast taken of a dead person's face, used to make a mask or model.
deathmatch
death match |ˈdeTHˌmaCH ˈdɛθˌmætʃ | ▶noun 1 (in wrestling ) a match in which many of the normal rules do not apply, typically leading to a more violent contest. 2 (in computer gaming ) a mode of play in which the aim is to kill the characters controlled by other players.
death metal
death met al ▶noun a form of heavy metal music using lyrics preoccupied with death, suffering, and destruction.
death-or-glory
death-or-glory ▶adjective brave to the point of foolhardiness; reckless: a death-or-glory approach to political problems.
death penalty
death pen al ty |ˈdɛθ ˌpɛnəlti | ▶noun the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of a capital crime.
death rate
death rate |ˈdɛθ ˈˌreɪt | ▶noun the ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.
death rattle
death rat tle |ˈdɛθ ˈˌrædl | ▶noun a gurgling sound heard in a dying person's throat.
death ray
death ray ▶noun (in science fiction ) a beam or ray capable of killing.
death row
death row |ˈrō ˌdɛθ ˈroʊ | ▶noun a prison block or section for prisoners sentenced to death: a convicted killer on death row .
death sentence
death sen tence ▶noun Law a sentence to be put to death for a capital crime. • a disastrous result or outcome: the market crash was a death sentence for many dot-coms.
death's head
death's head ▶noun a human skull as a symbol of mortality.
death's-head hawk moth
death's-head hawk moth ▶noun a large dark European hawk moth with a skull-like marking on the thorax and a very large caterpillar. [Acherontia atropos, family Sphingidae. ]
death song
death song ▶noun a song sung before or after someone's death or to commemorate the dead.
death squad
death squad |dɛθ skwɑd | ▶noun an armed paramilitary group formed to kill particular people, esp. political opponents.
death tax
death tax ▶noun another term for estate tax, inheritance tax.
death toll
death toll |ˈdɛθ ˈˌtoʊl | ▶noun the number of deaths resulting from a particular cause, esp. an accident, battle, or natural disaster.
death trap
death trap (also deathtrap ) ▶noun a place, structure, or vehicle that is potentially dangerous: the theaters were often death traps.
Death Valley
Death Val ley |deθˈvæli | a deep arid desert basin below sea level in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada, the hottest and driest part of North America. It contains the lowest point in the US at Badwater, which is 282 feet (86 m ) below sea level.
death warrant
death war rant |ˈdɛθ ˈˌwɔrənt | ▶noun an official order for the execution of a condemned person: figurative : in making his announcement he has signed his political death warrant.
deathwatch
death watch |ˈdeTHˌwäCH ˈdɛθˈˌwɑtʃ | ▶noun 1 a vigil kept beside a dead or dying individual. • a guard set over a person due for execution. 2 (also deathwatch beetle ) a small beetle with larvae that bore into dead wood and structural timbers, causing considerable damage. The adult makes a sound like a watch ticking that was formerly believed to portend death. [Xestobium rufovillosum, family Anobiidae. ]
death wish
death wish |ˈdɛθ ˌwɪʃ | ▶noun a desire for someone's death, esp. an unconscious desire for one's own death. Compare with death instinct.
Oxford Dictionary
death
death |dɛθ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or fact of dying or being killed; the end of the life of a person or organism: he had been depressed since the death of his father | [ count noun ] : an increase in deaths from skin cancer | I don't believe in life after death. • the state of being dead: even in death, she was beautiful. • the permanent ending of vital processes in a cell or tissue. • ( Death ) the personification of the power that destroys life, often represented in art and literature as a skeleton or an old man holding a scythe. Also called the Grim Reaper. • the destruction or permanent end of something: the death of her hopes. • a damaging or destructive state of affairs: to be driven to a dance by one's father would be social death. PHRASES as sure as death quite certain. at death's door (especially in hyperbolic use ) so ill that one may die. be the death of (often used hyperbolically or humorously ) cause someone's death: you'll be the death of me with all your questions. be in at the death be present when a hunted animal is caught and killed. • be present when something fails or comes to an end. catch one's death ( of cold ) informal catch a severe cold or chill. do someone to death kill someone. do something to death perform or repeat something so frequently that it becomes tediously familiar: a subject that has been done to death by generations of painters. a fate worse than death a terrible experience. like death warmed up (or N. Amer. over ) informal extremely tired or ill. a matter of life and death see life. put someone to death kill someone, especially with official sanction. till (or until ) death us do part for as long as each of a couple live: to have and to hold, to love and to cherish, till death us do part. [from the marriage service in the Book of Common Prayer . ] to death used of a particular action or process that results in someone's death: he was stabbed to death. • used to emphasize the extreme nature of a specific action, feeling, or state of mind: I'm sick to death of you | I've got used to speaking in public but it used to scare me to death . to the death until dead: a fight to the death. DERIVATIVES deathlike adjective ORIGIN Old English dēath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dood and German Tod, also to die 1 .
death adder
death adder ▶noun a venomous Australian snake which has a thin worm-like tail that it uses to lure birds and other prey. ●Genus Acanthophis, family Elapidae: three species.
deathbed
death |bed |ˈdɛθbɛd | ▶noun the bed where someone is dying or has died. • used in reference to the time when someone is dying or died: [ as modifier ] : a deathbed confession.
death benefit
death ben e fit ▶noun the amount paid to a beneficiary upon the death of an insured person. Also called face amount.
death blow
death blow ▶noun a stroke with a hand or weapon that causes death. • an event or circumstance which abruptly ends something: this feature of quantum mechanics dealt a death blow to the theory.
death camp
death camp ▶noun a prison camp for political prisoners or prisoners of war in which many die from poor conditions and treatment.
death cap
death cap ▶noun a deadly poisonous toadstool with a pale olive-green cap and white gills, growing in broadleaved woodland in both Eurasia and North America. ●Amanita phalloides, family Amanitaceae, class Hymenomycetes.
death cell
death cell ▶noun a cell occupied by a prisoner who has been condemned to death or who awaits execution.
death certificate
death cer ¦tifi |cate ▶noun an official statement, signed by a doctor, of the cause, date, and place of a person's death.
death-dealing
death-dealing ▶adjective capable of causing death: death-dealing drugs.
death duty
death duty ▶noun [ mass noun ] (in the UK ) a tax levied on property after the owner's death (replaced officially in 1975 by capital transfer tax and in 1986 by inheritance tax ).
death futures
death fu |tures ▶plural noun US informal life insurance policies of terminally ill people, purchased by a third party at less than their mature value as a form of short-term investment. See also viatical settlement.
death grant
death grant ▶noun (in the UK ) a state grant towards funeral expenses (abolished under the Social Security Act 1986 ).
death house
death house ▶noun a house in which someone has died. • a place for storing bodies prior to burial or cremation. • US informal the building in which prisoners are kept in preparation for execution.
death instinct
death in |stinct ▶noun Psychoanalysis an innate desire for self-annihilation, proposed by certain psychologists. Compare with life instinct.
death knell
death knell ▶noun the tolling of a bell to mark someone's death. • used to refer to the imminent destruction or failure of something: the chaos may sound the death knell for the UN peace plan.
deathless
death |less |ˈdɛθləs | ▶adjective chiefly literary or humorous immortal: pages of deathless prose. DERIVATIVES deathlessness noun
deathly
death ¦ly |ˈdɛθli | ▶adjective ( deathlier, deathliest ) resembling or suggestive of death: a deathly hush fell over the breakfast table | [ as submodifier ] : his face was deathly pale. • archaic or literary relating to or causing death: an eagle carrying a snake in its deathly grasp.
death mask
death mask ▶noun a plaster cast taken of a dead person's face, used to make a mask or model.
deathmatch
death match |ˈdeTHˌmaCH ˈdɛθˌmætʃ | ▶noun 1 (in wrestling ) a match in which many of the normal rules do not apply, typically leading to a more violent contest. 2 (in computer gaming ) a mode of play in which the aim is to kill the characters controlled by other players.
death match
death match ▶noun 1 (in wrestling ) a match in which many of the normal rules do not apply, typically leading to a more violent contest. 2 (in computer gaming ) a mode of play in which the aim is to kill the characters controlled by other players.
death metal
death metal ▶noun [ mass noun ] a form of heavy metal music using lyrics preoccupied with death, suffering, and destruction.
death-or-glory
death-or-glory ▶adjective brave to the point of foolhardiness; reckless: a death-or-glory approach to political problems.
death penalty
death pen |alty ▶noun (the death penalty ) punishment by execution.
death rate
death rate ▶noun the ratio of deaths to the population of a particular area or during a particular period of time, usually calculated as the number of deaths per one thousand people per year.
death rattle
death rat ¦tle ▶noun a gurgling sound sometimes heard in a dying person's throat.
death ray
death ray ▶noun (in science fiction ) a beam or ray capable of killing.
death roll
death roll ▶noun Brit. old-fashioned term for death toll.
death row
death row ▶noun a prison block or section for those sentenced to death: a convicted killer on death row .
death sentence
death sen tence ▶noun Law a sentence to be put to death for a capital crime. • a disastrous result or outcome: the market crash was a death sentence for many dot-coms.
death's head
death's head ▶noun a human skull as a symbol of mortality.
death's head hawkmoth
death's head hawk |moth ▶noun a large dark European hawkmoth which has a skull-like marking on the thorax. ●Acherontia atropos, family Sphingidae.
death song
death song ▶noun a song sung before or after someone's death or to commemorate the dead.
death squad
death squad ▶noun an armed paramilitary group formed to kill political opponents.
death tax
death tax ▶noun US term for inheritance tax.
death toll
death toll ▶noun the number of deaths resulting from a particular cause.
deathtrap
deathtrap ▶noun a place, structure, or vehicle that is potentially very dangerous.
Death Valley
Death Valley |dɛθˈvali | a deep arid desert basin below sea level in SE California and SW Nevada, the hottest and driest part of North America.
death warrant
death war |rant ▶noun an official order for the execution of a condemned person: he signed the king's death warrant in 1649 | figurative : he signed his own death warrant by being seen as a peacemaker.
death-watch beetle
death-watch bee ¦tle ▶noun a small beetle whose larvae bore into dead wood and structural timbers, causing considerable damage. The adult makes a tapping sound like a watch ticking, formerly believed to portend death. ●Xestobium rufovillosum, family Anobiidae.
death wish
death wish ▶noun an unconscious desire for one's own death.
American Oxford Thesaurus
death
death noun 1 her father's death: demise, dying, end, passing, loss of life; eternal rest, quietus; murder, assassination, execution, slaughter, massacre; informal curtains; formal decease; archaic expiry. ANTONYMS life. 2 the death of their dream: end, finish, termination, extinction, extinguishing, collapse, destruction, eradication, obliteration. ANTONYMS birth. 3 Death gestured toward a grave: the Grim Reaper, the Dark Angel, the Angel of Death. PHRASES put to death the czar and his family were put to death: execute, hang, behead, guillotine, decapitate, electrocute, shoot, gas, crucify, stone; kill, murder, assassinate, eliminate, terminate, exterminate, destroy; informal bump off, polish off, do away with, do in, knock off, string up, take out, croak, stiff, blow away, ice, rub out, waste, whack, smoke; literary slay. WORD LINKS thanatology the scientific study of death Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
deathless
deathless adjective our deathless souls: immortal, undying, imperishable, indestructible; enduring, everlasting, eternal; timeless, ageless. ANTONYMS mortal, ephemeral.
deathly
deathly adjective the wounded soldiers had a deathly pallor: deathlike, deadly, ghostly, ghastly; ashen, chalky, white, pale, pallid, bloodless, wan, anemic, pasty.
Oxford Thesaurus
death
death noun 1 she broke down when she learnt of her father's death: demise, dying, end, passing, passing away, passing on, loss of life, expiry, expiration, departure from life, final exit, eternal rest; murder, killing, assassination, execution, dispatch, slaying, slaughter, massacre; informal snuffing, curtains, kicking the bucket; Law decease; rare quietus. ANTONYMS life. 2 their liberation was also the death of their dream: end, finish, cessation, termination, extinction, extinguishing, collapse, ruin, ruination, destruction, extermination, eradication, annihilation, obliteration, extirpation. ANTONYMS birth. 3 Death gestured towards an open grave: the Grim Reaper, the Dark Angel, the Angel of Death. PHRASES put someone to death the rebels were captured and put to death: execute, hang, send to the gibbet /gallows, behead, guillotine, decapitate, electrocute, send to the electric chair, send to the chair, shoot, put before a firing squad, send to the gas chamber, gas, crucify, stone, stone to death; kill, murder, assassinate, do to death, do away with, take the life of, eliminate, terminate, exterminate, destroy; informal string up, bump off, polish off, do in, knock off, top, wipe out, take out, croak, stiff, blow away; N. Amer. informal ice, rub out, waste, whack, scrag, smoke; literary slay. WORD LINKS death necr- related prefix, as in necromancy -thanasia related suffix, as in euthanasia necropolis ancient cemetery thanatophobia fear of death thanatology study of death Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
deathless
deathless adjective the notion that animals have immaterial and deathless souls | his compositions are deathless: immortal, undying, imperishable, inextinguishable, indestructible, unfading, enduring, everlasting, perpetual, eternal; timeless, ageless, memorable; rare sempiternal, perdurable. ANTONYMS mortal; ephemeral.
deathly
deathly adjective 1 the wounded soldiers had a deathly pallor: deathlike, corpse-like, cadaverous, ghostly, ghostlike, ghastly, grim, haggard; ashen, chalky, chalk-white, white, pale, pallid, bloodless, colourless, wan, anaemic, pasty, sickly, drained, sapped; informal like death warmed up, peaky; rare etiolated. 2 literary the eagle carried a snake in its deathly grasp. See deadly (sense 1 of the adjective ).
Duden Dictionary
Death Valley
Death Val ley Eigenname |ˈdɛθ ˈvɛli |Death Valley [s ] wüstenhaftes Tal im Osten Kaliforniens
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
death
death /deθ /〖die 1 (死ぬ )th (こと ); 〗→die 1 名詞 複 ～s /-s /1 U 死 , 死亡 ; 死んだ状態 ; C 死亡 (事例 ), 死に方 ; «…による » 死者 «from » (↔birth, life )▸ Tom took over the farm after the death of his father .トムは父の死後農場を引き継いだ ▸ My friend's tragic death was a great shock to me .友人の痛ましい死は私にとって大きな衝撃であった ▸ the cause of death 死因 ▸ be close to [near (to )] death 死期が近い ▸ meet one's death 死ぬ ▸ We've had a death in the family .身内に不幸がありました ▸ There were many deaths from the disaster .その災害で多くの死者がでた ▸ a horrible [an agonizing ] death 恐ろしい [苦しみを伴う ]死に方 ▸ die a natural death 天寿を全うする ; ｟比喩 （ひゆ ）的に ｠〈流行などが 〉廃れる (!このdeathを同族目的語という ) ▸ Meg was as beautiful in death as she was in life .メグは死んでも生前同様に美しかった 2 U 〖the ～〗(思想 風習などの )終わり, 消滅, 終焉 （しゅうえん ）▸ spell the death of communism 共産主義の終わりを招く 3 C ｟文 ｠〖D-; 単数形で 〗死神 〘生命を滅ぼす力の擬人化; 大がまを持った骸骨 （がいこつ ）老人として絵画 文学で描かれている 〙.4 U 〖the /one's ～〗死因, 命取り ▸ Drinking will be the death of him .酒がもとで彼は死ぬだろう ▸ You'll be the death of me (yet ).｟話 おどけて やや古 ｠お前のせいで寿命が縮まるよ 5 U (大量 )虐殺 ; 死刑 .(as ) s ù re as d é ath まったく確かに .at d è ath's d ó or ｟くだけて しばしば皮肉で ｠(重病で )死にそうで .be ì n at the d é ath 1 (狩りで )獲物を殺す現場にいる .2 ｟くだけて ｠結末に立ち会う ; 大事な場面を見届ける .c à tch one's d é ath (of c ò ld )｟くだけた話 やや古 ｠ひどい病気になる [かぜをひく ] (!雨や寒気の中外出する人に注意をうながす時に ) .d ì e a [the ] d é ath ｟英 くだけて ｠結末を迎える ; 〈演劇などが 〉不人気になる ; 〈流行などが 〉廃れる (↑1 ).d ò A to d é ath 1 ｟くだけて ｠A 〈物 〉をうんざりするほど使う [繰り返す ].2 ｟古 ｠A 〈人 〉を殺す .f è el [l ò ok ] like d è ath w à rmed ó ver ｟米 ｠ [ú p ｟英 ｠]｟くだけた話 ｠非常に体調が悪く [疲れ切ったように ]感じる [見える ].p ù t A to d é ath ｟かたく ｠A 〈人 〉を殺す ; 処刑する .to d é ath 1 死に至って ▸ bleed [be burnt, starve ] to death 血を流して [焼け, 飢えて ]死ぬ ▸ shoot [beat ] A to death A 〈人 〉を撃ち [なぐり ]殺す ▸ be sentenced to death 死刑判決を受ける .2 ｟くだけて ｠死ぬほど, 非常に ▸ I was scared [frightened, bored ] to death .死ぬほど怖かった [ぞっとした, 退屈していた ]▸ work A to death A 〈人 〉を残酷なほど働かせる, 酷使する ▸ I am sick to death of my wife's complaints .妻の不平にはまったくうんざりだ to the d é ath 死ぬまで ; 最後まで ▸ a fight to the death 死闘 .～́ b è nefit 〘保険 〙死亡給付金 .～́ bl ò w 〖単数形で 〗致命的一撃 ; 命取り ▸ deal a death blow to one's political enemy 政敵に致命的な一撃を与える .～́ c à mp 死の収容所 〘特に戦争中に多くの囚人が殺された収容所 〙.～́ c à p [c ù p ]〘植 〙タマゴテングタケ 〘猛毒のキノコ 〙.～́ c è ll 死刑囚監房 .～́ cert ì ficate 死亡証明書 .～́ d ù ty ｟英 古 ｠〖通例 -ties 〗＝death tax .～́ h ò use ｟米 ｠＝death row .～́ kn è ll ｟文 ｠〖単数形で 〗死を告げる鐘 ; 終末, 終焉 ▸ sound [be ] the death knell for [of ] A Aの終焉を告げる .～́ m à sk デスマスク, 死面 .～́ m è tal 〘楽 〙デスメタル 〘邪悪なイメージを強調するヘビーメタル 〙.～́ p è nalty 〖the ～; 単数形で 〗死刑 .～́ r à te 1 死亡率 (↔birthrate ).2 (ある病気 集団での )致死率 .～́ r à ttle 〖単数形で 〗臨終時の喉 （のど ）鳴り ; 最後のあがき .～́ r à y (SFでの )殺人光線 .～́ r ò ll ｟英 ｠＝death toll .～̀ r ó w ｟主に米 ｠(刑務所内の )死刑囚監房棟 ▸ a murderer on death row 死刑を待つ殺人者 .～́ s è ntence 死刑宣告 ; ｟くだけて ｠致命的打撃, 命取り .～̀ 's h é ad ｟文 ｠しゃれこうべ, どくろ (!死の象徴 ) .～́ squ à d (政敵 敵対する犯罪者を倒す )暗殺団 .～́ t à x ｟米 古 ｠相続税 (!現在ではinheritance tax ) .～́ thr ò es 1 ｟文 ｠(失敗する前の )最終段階 .2 断末魔の苦しみ .～́ t ò ll 〖通例単数形で 〗(事故 災害 戦争などの )総死亡者数 .～́ tr à p ｟くだけて ｠死のわな 〘危険な状況にある車両 建物など 〙.D -̀ V á lley デスバレー 〘米国カリフォルニア州東部からネヴァダ州南部にかけての乾燥盆地 〙.～́ w à rrant 1 死刑執行令状 .2 ｟くだけて ｠とどめの一撃 ▸ sign one's own death warrant 自分で自分の首を締める .～́ w ì sh 〖単数形で 〗(しばしば無意識の )死の願望 〘他人の死を願う気持ちも含む 〙.
deathbed
d é ath b è d 名詞 C 死の床 ; 臨終 ; 〖形容詞的に 〗臨終の ▸ a deathbed confession 死を前にしての告白 on A's d é athbed 1 A 〈人 〉が死の床について, 死にかかって .2 ｟おどけて ｠A 〈人 〉が気分が悪い .
deathless
d é ath less 形容詞 ｟文 ｠不滅の ; 不朽の, 不死の ▸ deathless prose ｟しばしば皮肉で ｠不朽の名文 ～ly 副詞 永久に .～ness 名詞
deathlike
d é ath l ì ke 形容詞 死人の [死んだ ]ような .
deathly
d é ath ly 形容詞 ｟文 ｠〖名詞 の前で 〗1 死んだような, 死を思わせる 〈沈黙など 〉.2 致命的な (deadly ).副詞 ｟文 ｠1 死んだように 〈冷たい 青白いなど 〉.2 ひどく, 極度に 〈怖がってなど 〉.
deathwatch
d é ath w à tch 名詞 C 1 〘虫 〙シバンムシ (deathwatch beetle ) (!立てる音が不吉とされることから ) .2 臨終の見取り ; 通夜 .3 死刑囚監視人 .
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