Definitions of death:

• noun:   the act of killing

  Example: "He had two deaths on his conscience"

• noun:   the event of dying or departure from life

  Example: "Her death came as a terrible shock"

• noun:   the personification of death

  Example: "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"

• noun:   the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism

  Example: "The animal died a painful death"

• noun:   the absence of life or state of being dead

  Example: "He seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"

• noun:   the time at which life ends; continuing until dead

  Example: "She stayed until his death"

• noun:   the time when something ends

  Example: "It was the death of all his plans"

• noun:   a final state