Life and Death

Imtiaz Sarwar (South Korea)
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  1. lively
    full of life and energy
  2. sprightly
    full of spirit and vitality
  3. vivacious
    vigorous and animated
  4. vital
    performing an essential function in the living body
  5. vibrant
    vigorous and animated
  6. insensible
    barely able to be perceived
  7. insentient
    lacking consciousness, responsiveness, or emotions
  8. ephemeral
    anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day
  9. transient
    lasting a very short time
  10. transitory
    lasting a very short time
  11. perennial
    lasting an indefinitely long time
  12. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
  13. demise
    the time when something ends
  14. defunct
    no longer in force or use; inactive
  15. autopsy
    an examination and dissection of a dead body
  16. necropsy
    an examination of a dead body to determine cause of death
  17. epitaph
    an inscription in memory of a buried person
  18. obituary
    a notice of someone's death
  19. funeral
    a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated
  20. funereal
    suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial
  21. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
  22. respire
    draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
  23. resuscitate
    cause to regain consciousness
  24. revivify
    give new life or energy to
  25. resurrection
    a revival from inactivity and disuse
  26. salubrious
    promoting health
  27. lethal
    of an instrument of certain death
  28. toxin
    a poisonous substance produced organically
  29. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  30. moribund
    being on the point of death
  31. natal
    relating to or accompanying birth
  32. neonate
    a baby from birth to four weeks
  33. bane
    something causing misery or death
  34. baneful
    evil or sinister
  35. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  36. inter
    place in a grave or tomb
  37. disinter
    dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
  38. exhume
    dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
  39. perish
    pass from physical life
  40. bedridden
    confined to bed (by illness)
  41. subsist
    support oneself
  42. exhale
    expel air
  43. casualty
    someone injured or killed in an accident
  44. panting
    breathing heavily (as after exertion)
  45. panting
    breathing heavily (as after exertion)
  46. kick the bucket
    die
  47. kick the bucket
    die
  48. buy the farm
    pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  49. cash in one's chips
    pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  50. give-up the ghost
    pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  51. bloodstained
    covered with blood
  52. gory
    covered with blood
  53. slaughterous
    accompanied by bloodshed
  54. pant
    breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
  55. gasp
    a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
  56. heave
    lift or elevate
  57. cadaver
    the dead body of a human being
  58. remains
    the dead body of a human being
  59. corpse
    the dead body of a human being
  60. stiff
    incapable of or resistant to bending
  61. clay
    water-soaked soil; soft, wet earth
  62. gasp
    a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
  63. reek
    give off smoke, fumes, warm vapour, steam, etc.
  64. lynch
    kill without legal sanction
  65. embryo
    an animal organism in the early stages of growth
  66. carcass
    the dead body of an animal
  67. morbid
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  68. cremation
    the incineration of a dead body
  69. dreaded
    causing fear or dread or terror
  70. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  71. condole
    express one's sympathy on the occasion of someone's death
  72. pyre
    wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
  73. cremation
    the incineration of a dead body
  74. bequeath
    leave or give, especially by will after one's death
  75. infancy
    the early stage of growth or development
  76. embalm
    preserve a dead body
  77. vulture
    a large diurnal bird of prey feeding chiefly on carrion
  78. marauder
    someone who attacks in search of loot
  79. carcass
    the dead body of an animal
  80. kaput
    destroyed or completely broken
  81. pyre
    wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
Created on Wed Nov 06 09:23:12 EST 2013 (updated Wed Oct 22 10:12:43 EDT 2014)

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