death

death
n.

1) to cause death

2) to face death; to meet one's death

3) to feign death

4) to mourn smb.'s death

5) a certain, sure; heroine's, hero's; lingering; living; natural; painful; sudden, unexpected; untimely; violent death (to die a natural death; to meet a violent death)

6) brain death

7) cot (BE), crib (AE) death

8) death by (death by drowning; fire; firing squad; hanging; lethal injection)

9) at one's death (at her death the estate was broken up)

10) to death (beaten; bored; burnt; frozen; put; shot; starved to death)

11) (misc.) a fight to the death; a death in the family; (sports) sudden death ('an overtime period ending when the first point or goal is scored'); death to tyrants!; in death as in life; till death do us part

* * *
[deθ]
a death in the family
crib (AE) death
hero's
heroine's
in death as in life
lingering
till death do us part
to meet one's death
unexpected
untimely
death to tyrants!
(sports) sudden death ('an overtime period ending when the first point or goal is scored')
violent death (to die a natural death; to meet a violent death)
(misc.) a fight to the death
(misc.) a fight to the death
a certain
brain death
to cause death
to face death
to feign death
to mourn smb. 's death
cot (BE)
at one's death (at her death the estate was broken up)
to death (beaten; bored; burnt; frozen; put; shot; starved to death)
death by (death by drowning; fire; firing squad; hanging; lethal injection)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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