décès

Definitions of décès
  1. noun
    the event of dying or departure from life
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    antonyms:
    naissance
    the event of being born
    types:
    fatalité
    a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
    disparition, perte
    euphemistic expressions for death
    blessé, victime
    an accident that causes someone to die
    type of:
    changement, modification
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  2. noun
    the time at which life ends; continuing until dead
    synonyms: mort
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    type of:
    fin
    the point in time at which something ends
  3. noun
    the absence of life or state of being dead
    synonyms: mort
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    types:
    repos éternel
    euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
    type of:
    état
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
  4. noun
    the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
    synonyms: mort
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    types:
    nécrose
    the localized death of living cells (as from infection or the interruption of blood supply)
    type of:
    phénomène organique
    (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
  5. noun
    the act of killing
    synonyms: mort
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    type of:
    meurtre
    the act of terminating a life
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