muerte

Definitions of muerte
  1. noun
    the act of terminating a life
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    golpe mortal
    the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
    eutanasia
    the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness)
    asesinato, crimen, homicida, homicidio, pesadilla
    the killing of a human being by another human being
    caída
    the act of felling something (as a tree)
    suicidio
    the act of killing yourself
    emponzoñamiento, envenenamiento, intoxicación, toxinfección
    the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill
    agobio, ahogo, asfixia, sofocación, sofoco
    killing by depriving of oxygen
    electrocución
    killing by electric shock
    decapitación, degollación, degüello
    killing by cutting off the head
    genocidio
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
    homicidio, homicidio involuntario
    homicide without malice aforethought
    asesinato, crimen, homicida, homicidio, pesadilla
    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
    harakiri
    ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
    rodaje
    killing someone by gunfire
    agarrotamiento, estrangulación, estrangulamiento
    the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
    hecatombe
    a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen
    inmolación
    killing or offering as a sacrifice
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    conclusión, final, terminación
    the act of ending something
  2. noun
    the killing of a human being by another human being
    synonyms: asesinato, crimen, homicida, homicidio, pesadilla
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    homicidio, homicidio involuntario
    homicide without malice aforethought
    asesinato, crimen, homicida, homicidio, pesadilla
    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
    rodaje
    killing someone by gunfire
    derramamiento de sangre
    the shedding of blood resulting in murder
    encontronazo
    an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense
    fratricida, fratricidio
    the murder of your sibling
    eliminación, liquidación
    the murder of a competitor
    carneada, carnicería, degollación, degollina, destrozo, escabechina, machaque, masacre, matanza, mortandad, paliza, sarracina, sarracino
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
    linchamiento
    putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
    infanticida, infanticidio
    murdering an infant
    tiranicida, tiranicidio
    killing a tyrant
  3. noun
    unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
    synonyms: asesinato, crimen, homicida, homicidio, pesadilla
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    derramamiento de sangre
    the shedding of blood resulting in murder
    fratricida, fratricidio
    the murder of your sibling
    eliminación, liquidación
    the murder of a competitor
    carneada, carnicería, degollación, degollina, destrozo, escabechina, machaque, masacre, matanza, mortandad, paliza, sarracina, sarracino
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
    linchamiento
    putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
    infanticida, infanticidio
    murdering an infant
    tiranicida, tiranicidio
    killing a tyrant
    matricida, matricidio
    the murder of your mother
    parricida, parricidio
    the murder of your father
    masacre
    indiscriminate slaughter
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    asesinato, crimen, homicida, homicidio, pesadilla
    the killing of a human being by another human being
  4. noun
    the event of dying or departure from life
    synonyms: deceso, defunción, fallecimiento, fenecimiento, finamiento, obituario, óbito
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    nacimiento, natividad
    the event of being born
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    fatalidad, víctima mortal
    a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
    martirio
    death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
    egreso, paso, salida, salido
    euphemistic expressions for death
    accidente fatal
    an accident that causes someone to die
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    cambio, modificación
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  5. noun
    the time when something ends
    synonyms: agonizante, defunción, desaparición, fallecimiento, fenecimiento, finamiento, obituario, óbito
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    conclusión, fin, final, terminación, tope
    the point in time at which something ends
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