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Mort — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blasted adj Destroyed or damaged by an explosion or violent force.
  • dead adj No longer alive.
  • death noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
  • deceased adj No longer alive; dead — usually said of a person, as a more formal or gentle alternative to "dead."
  • demise noun The end or downfall of something, especially in a gradual or unfortunate way.
  • done adjective Finished or completed.
  • doom noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
  • dummy noun A model or replica of a person or object, used as a stand-in.
  • kill verb To cause the death of a person, animal, or living thing.
  • passing adjective Lasting only briefly; temporary.

Senses

Mort is used for these senses in English:

  • Death The personification of death, often a skeleton with a scythe, and one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
  • Grim Reaper A personification of Death as an old man, or a skeleton, carrying a scythe, taking souls to the afterlife.
  • blasted (heraldry, of a, tree, bush, etc) Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless.
  • dead (hyperbole) Figuratively, not alive; lacking life.
  • death 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.
  • death (often, capitalized) The personification of death as a (usually male) hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper.
  • demise (countable) Death.
  • done Being exhausted or fully spent.

blasted — full definition

  1. adj Destroyed or damaged by an explosion or violent force.
  2. adj Used to express annoyance, as a mild curse.
  3. adv Used to intensify a statement, expressing frustration.

dead — full definition

  1. adj No longer alive.
  2. adj No longer working, active, or in use.
  3. adj Complete or exact, especially describing precision or stillness.
  4. adv Completely; exactly.

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