alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"

Crucifixion - the death of Jesus on the cross

fatality, human death - a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"

martyrdom - death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause

megadeath - the death of a million people; "they calibrate the effects of atom bombs in megadeaths"

exit, expiration, going, passing, departure, release, loss - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"

wrongful death - a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs

organic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals

cell death, necrobiosis - (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells)

necrosis, sphacelus, gangrene, mortification - the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)

brain death, cerebral death - death when respiration and other reflexes are absent; consciousness is gone; organs can be removed for transplantation before the heartbeat stops

end, ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"

imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction

Grim Reaper, Reaper - Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe

state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"

eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, sleep, rest - euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"

defunctness, extinction - no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species"

neonatal death - death of a live-born infant within the first 28 days of life

cot death, crib death, infant death, SIDS, sudden infant death syndrome - sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep

lifespan, lifetime, life - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"

grave - death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"

end, ending - the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"

kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life

state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state"