Death means when someone or something stops living. It is the time life ends for a person, animal, or plant.
The death of the dog made us sad.
She cried at her friend's death.
This meaning of death means when a machine or system stops working because it is broken or empty.
The computer had a death of its battery.
The machine's death stopped the factory.
This meaning is about many people or animals dying at the same time, like in a war or bad event.
Many deaths happened in the war.
The death of animals was sad.
This meaning means that something like an idea or activity stops or fails and no longer exists.
The death of the tradition happened fast.
There was a death of interest in the game.
Death can also mean the exact moment when a person or animal stops living.
His death came in the night.
They held a ceremony after death.
In some expressions, death means a very strong state, like being very tired or busy, often used in idioms.
I am tired to death today.
He worked to death last week.
