n. 1. a. The fact or process of dying; the end of life: remained busy and active until death.
b. An instance of dying: There were many deaths caused by the flood.
2. The state of being dead: where the body lay in death.
3. The cause of dying: Drugs were the death of him.
4. A manner of dying: a heroine's death.
5. often Death A personification of the destroyer of life, usually represented as a skeleton holding a scythe.
6. a. Bloodshed; murder.
b. Execution.
7. Law Civil death.
8. The termination or extinction of something: the death of imperialism.