Death and Shutdown

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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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Shutdown and death are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shutdown" instead a noun "Death".

Nearby Words: deathly, deathless

Shutdown noun - The stopping of a process or activity.

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Death and shutdown are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Death" instead a noun "Shutdown".

Nearby Words: shut, shutting

Organ shutdown and death will occur within a matter of days.

Source: Departure Means Death
Our Heroes manage to find the shutdown magic, which the creator seemed to have forgotten (leading to a trail of death as the thing kept on killing after the murder for which it was created) in time to stop a character being eaten by a shark on dry land.

Source: Artifact of Death
It is strongly implied that the whole "preparing for death" thing and the Doctor's general shutdown after leaving young Davros to die is a grand mal version of this.

Source: Recap / Doctor Who S35 E1 "The Magician's Apprentice"

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