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morire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • death noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
  • decease noun Death, departure from life.
  • die verb To stop living; to reach the end of life.
  • fall verb To move downward, especially suddenly and without control.

Senses

morire is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • decease (formal, transitive) To cause to die.
  • die (intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
  • fall (intransitive, formal, euphemistic) To die, especially in battle or by disease.

death — full definition

  1. noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
  2. noun The end or collapse of something non-living, used figuratively.
  3. name The personification of death, traditionally shown as a hooded, skeletal figure carrying a scythe.

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