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

change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"

buy it, pip out - be killed or die;

drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"

croak, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, snuff it, pop off, conk, choke - die; "The old man finally kicked the bucket"

predecease - die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"

conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"

die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"

fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"

succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed