letum — meaning in English

English meaning

• death noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
• killing noun An act in which someone or something is killed.

Senses

letum 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.
• killing An instance of someone being killed.

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.

killing — full definition

1. noun An act in which someone or something is killed.
2. noun A large, sudden profit or financial gain — usually in the phrase "make a killing."
3. adj So funny that it makes you laugh uncontrollably.

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