Death and Life

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Death

Death noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.
Usage example: we were all saddened by the death of our friend
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Life is an antonym for death in end of life topic.
Nearby Words: deathly, deathless

Life

Life noun - A history of a person's life.
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Death is an antonym for life in topics: animation, being, history, existence.
Nearby Words: lifeless, lifetime, lifer, lifeline
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How words are described

human human death human life
old old death old life
good good death good life
high high death high life
Other adjectives: nice, long, normal, natural, original, single, real, horrible, tragic, peaceful, new, early, later, last.

Both words in one sentence

  • An Arm and a Leg The Chimera ant King attempts to use a life or death game to unnerve his opponent and has it back fire and make him feel like he was the one lacking life and death resolve.
    Source: An Arm and a Leg
  • Death by Origin Story Arguably almost all the Cullens in Twilight, if you count "between life and death, only turning them into a vampire can save them now" as death.
    Source: Death by Origin Story
  • Literature / The Dark Is Rising We are fighting for life or death—not for our life, remember, since we cannot die.
    Source: Literature / The Dark Is Rising
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Life and Death. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/death/life
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Life or Death. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/death/life.

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