death

The death of my grandfather saddened the whole family.

But foraſmuch as this [the faintneſs of the Heart] is a very bad and heavy diſtemper, and a fore-runner of death, therefore 'tis called a timely death.

1680, T. K., The Kitchin-Phyſician; Or, a Guide for Good-Housewives in Maintaining Their Families in Health. […] , To cure the faintneſs of the Heart, page 71:

Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly.

1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

"‘Death,’" quoted Warwick, with whose mood the undertaker's remarks were in tune, "‘is the penalty that all must pay for the crime of living.’"

1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars:

Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, […]

2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

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.

The serial killer was sentenced to death.

Thirty years after Gao Chengyong embarked on a succession of 11 rape-murders of women in northwest China, a court sentenced him to death on Friday, following an investigation that involved sifting through 230,000 fingerprints.

2018 March 30, Chris Buckley, “‘Vicious’ Killer of 11 Women Gets Death Penalty in China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-03-31, Asia Pacific:

When death walked in, a chill spread through the room.

And I looked, and behold, a pale horse, & his name that sat on him was Death"

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 6:8:

[T]o thoſe, Jonathan, who know what death is, and what havock and deſtruction he can make, before a man can well wheel about—'tis like a whole age.

1762, [Laurence Sterne], chapter IX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume V, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 51:

O boy! running man is out of death ... Anyway, they say she comes on a pale horse

1974, Anthony Banks, Michael Rutherford, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Steve Hackett, “Anyway”, in The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, performed by Genesis:

(often capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.

England scored a goal at the death to even the score at one all.

Buyer (negotiating): You were at two-fifty on that one. Go on, then, what's the death on that? Seller: Two hundred pounds is the absolute death. Buyer: Sold. Thank you.

He may even find himself being blamed if the project dies a quick and horrible death at the box office or is unceremoniously axed by the network.

1983, Robert R. Faulkner, Music on Demand, page 90:

(preceded by the) The collapse or end of something.

This bake sale is going to be the death of me!

(figuratively, especially followed by of-phrase) A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).

en-noun

death (countable and uncountable, plural deaths)

sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome

From Middle English deeth, from Old English dēaþ, from Proto-West Germanic *dauþu, from Proto-Germanic *dauþuz (compare West Frisian dead, Dutch dood, German Tod, Swedish död, Norwegian død), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰówtus. More at die.

(antonym(s) of“beginning of life”): birth

(antonym(s) of“maintenance of existence”): life


death

「なのでR」や「そうdeath」

ニホンちゃんの特別な存在になるにはカンコ君、あと半万年ほど時間がかかりそう death

2009, ニホンちゃんしるブプレ: 国際情勢風刺寓話集, ニホンちゃんしるブプレ, →ISBN, page 32:

It will take about half a million more years for Kanko-kun to become special to Nihong-chan.

合気道五段の私にちょっかいかけるからDEATH(デス)わよ

2020 September 5, 剣名舞, 浅田有皆, M.C.☆LAW 大合本（全3巻）, ゴマブックス株式会社:

(slang, humorous) Alternative spelling of です (desu)

Appropriation of English death for a homophone.