nex — meaning in English

English meaning

• death noun The end of life; the permanent cessation of all vital functions in a living thing.
• murder noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
• slaughter noun The killing of animals for food.

Senses

nex 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.
• murder (uncountable, legal, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.
• slaughter A rout or decisive defeat.

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.

murder — full definition

1. noun The crime of deliberately killing another person.
2. verb To deliberately and unlawfully kill someone.
3. noun The collective noun for a group of crows.
4. verb To do something very badly, or to defeat someone completely (informal).

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