Close
Close noun - An open space wholly or partly enclosed (as by buildings or walls).
Death
Death noun - The act of ceasing to exist.
Usage example: the death of the Soviet economic system in the wake of the breakup of the USSR
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Similar to the above, while Vincent Price's death was ruled out to be lung cancer, close friends claimed that the death of his third wife, two years prior, was a major contribution.
Source: Together in Death -
His variation of that attack inflicts instant death or close to it, and if you should leave him at low health for too long, he will back into a corner and fire that attack continuously until one of you is dead. Fun.
Source: That One Attack -
Uninvited was similar, only with a blood-red skull and/or a horrifying close-up of whatever was killing you to accompany the decription of your horrible death.
Source: Have a Nice Death
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Death and Close. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/death
Close & Death. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/death>.
Death or Close. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/close/death.
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