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  2. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    This is a list of words and phrases related to death in alphabetical order. While some of them are slang, others euphemize the unpleasantness of the subject, or are used in formal contexts. Some of the phrases may carry the meaning of 'kill', or simply contain words related to death. Most of them are idioms

  3. List of last words - Wikipedia

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    [15]: 95 To judge by what I now endure, the hand of death grasps me sharply." [11]: 140 [15]: 95 — Salvator Rosa, Italian artist and poet (15 March 1673), when asked how he was "Death is the great key that opens the palace of Eternity." [76] — John Milton, English poet and intellectual (8 November 1674) Death of the Viscount of Turenne.

  4. List of Latin phrases (full) - Wikipedia

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    to/at death: Medical phrase serving as a synonym for death ad multos annos: to many years: Wish for a long life; similar to "many happy returns". ad nauseam: to sickness: i.e., "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum.

  5. Suicide terminology - Wikipedia

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    Suicide-related behaviors comprise self-harm, self-inflicted unintentional death, undetermined suicide-related behaviors, self-inflicted death with undetermined intent, suicide attempt, and suicide. Self-harm is self-inflicted, potentially injurious behavior for which there is evidence that the person had no intent to die.

  6. Category:Death - Wikipedia

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    Death is the cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Subcategories. This category has the following 39 subcategories, out of 39 total. ...

  7. Western Attitudes Toward Death from the Middle Ages to the ...

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    Death was seen as normal and it was customary for loved ones to witness the occasion. Finally, while accepted and witnessed, it lacked "theatrics" and a "great show of emotions". [3] Ariès explains his choice of "Tamed Death" as a title is meant to contrast with the "wild" death of the twentieth century, in which people fear and avoid death. [4]

  8. Death and culture - Wikipedia

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    In mainland China and Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, the number 4 is often associated with death because the sound of the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean words for four and death are similar (for example, the sound sì in Chinese is the Sino-Korean number 4 (四), whereas sǐ is the word for death (死), and in Japanese "shi" is the number 4, whereas ...

  9. Dick Van Dyke, 98, Says He's 'Not Afraid' of Dying: 'I'm ...

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    Dick Van Dyke knows he won't be around forever, but when death comes, he won't be afraid. The legendary entertainer, 98, stars in Coldplay's latest music video for their song, "All My Love," and ...