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To clarify in the range of Resurrection spells: At my table, I'd use the spells in the following ways: Raise Dead - body exactly as it is, comes back to life. Resurrection - substantial portion of a body, can regrow missing parts . True Resurrection - any portion of body or no body. The text of the spell says it can regrow any "missing parts."
Both of these spells can be used to turn into a creature that have access to resurrection abilities. True Polymorph can turn you into Ki-rin (from volo's guide to monsters) that has true resurrection as a spell. It is a 9th level spell available to Bard, Warlock and Wizard.
(PHB, p. 241) According to the MM, "Once turned into a zombie, a creature can't be restored to life except by powerful magic, such as a resurrection spell." (MM, p. 315) Reading way too much into this, "resurrection" here is not italicized so it is not the specific Resurrection spell.
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True Resurrection or wish spell. From PHB P. 233, Disintegrate: A disintegrated creature and everything it is wearing and carrying, except magic items, are reduced to a pile of fine gray dust. The creature can be restored to life only by means of a true resurrection or a wish spell.
In others, resurrection spells get tossed around pretty commonly. And in yet others, resurrection spells are attempted, but fail due to 'side effects' or 'other reasons' that are not actually supported by the D&D game mechanics. Conclusion. As far as we can tell, the overall impact of Resurrection Magic is fairly minimal in The Realms.
\$\begingroup\$ Point to consider: Curative spells in D&D 5e are necromancy spells. As the answer in that linked question explains, that's because necromancy was originally just about life, and D&D 5e revisited that. The idea that "any good priesthood" frowns upon Necromancy spells is a D&D 3e-ism, not relevant to D&D 5e. \$\endgroup\$ –
The reasoning behind this is that the range of the spell is part of its requirements for its casting, as much as any component, so casting True Resurrection without being in range would have the same result as casting it without a diamond: the process of casting it remains incomplete.
To prevent resurrection, assuming its done by magical means, the target is poisoned with this potion, thus leaving the body in a state of "anti-magic" that prevents any magic from effecting the target, even after death. Once poisoned, the target can die by any means (the potion might also be a deadly mix of anti magic and death ray "juice ...
5e did away with many of the “instant death” in D&D, and for good reason. However, there are still ways you can end up dying without making death saving throws. First of all, if you take damage that reduces you to 0, and the residual damage from the hit after doing so is equal to or higher than your hit point maximum, you die instantly.