coroner
Webster Dictionary
an officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred
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autopsy
(ˈɔ tɒp si, ˈɔ təp-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the inspection and dissection of a body after death, as for determination of the cause of death; postmortem examination.
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execution
Webster Dictionary
a putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer
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death's-head
Webster Dictionary
a naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death
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deadly
Webster Dictionary
capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound
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martyr
Webster Dictionary
one who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr
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capital punishment
(ˈkæp ɪ tl i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
punishment by death for a crime; death penalty.
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death wish
(ˈdɛθˌwɒtʃ, -ˌwɔtʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a conscious or unconscious desire for one's own death or for the death of another.
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strangle
Webster Dictionary
to compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope
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namtar
(Namtar, Namtaru)
Princeton's WordNet
a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
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namtaru
(Namtar, Namtaru)
Princeton's WordNet
a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind
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rattle
Webster Dictionary
the noise in the throat produced by the air in passing through mucus which the lungs are unable to expel; -- chiefly observable at the approach of death, when it is called the death rattle. See R/le
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thanatopsis
Webster Dictionary
a view of death; a meditation on the subject of death
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wrongful death
(wrongful death)
Princeton's WordNet
a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs
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do
Webster Dictionary
to put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text
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heir
Webster Dictionary
one who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or property of another at the death of the latter
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mort
Webster Dictionary
death..esp., the death of game in the chase
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obit
Webster Dictionary
death..decease; the date of one's death
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martyrdom
Webster Dictionary
the condition of a martyr; the death of a martyr; the suffering of death on account of adherence to the Christian faith, or to any cause
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obituary
Webster Dictionary
that which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch
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necrosis
Webster Dictionary
mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See Caries
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knell
Webster Dictionary
the stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything
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mortal
Webster Dictionary
destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin
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will
Webster Dictionary
the legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1
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end
Webster Dictionary
termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction
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tontine
(tontine)
Princeton's WordNet
an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits and on the death of any participant his benefits are redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a fixed period of time or until the death of all but one participant
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systemic
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to the general system, or the body as a whole; as, systemic death, in distinction from local death; systemic circulation, in distinction from pulmonic circulation; systemic diseases
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purgatory
Webster Dictionary
a state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven
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death
(ɛθ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a cause of death:
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carry
(ˈkær i)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to cause the death of.
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