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What does death mean?

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Noun
  1. The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
  2. (capitalized) The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
  3. (the death) The collapse or end of something.
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Wearing a seatbelt greatly reduces the risk of injury or death in a car accident.
To take one's leave gracefully and voluntarily seemed to him a more dignified end than to be snatched by death unwillingly away.
People need time to grieve after the death of a family member.
In spite of the legerity of the plot concerning the lovers, the theme of death appears several times.
News of the clergy man’s death has split views in the country even as the search for his body continues. His body had not been found by close of day.
He appealed for a commutation of his death sentence to life imprisonment.

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