Vocabulary-Death
Vocabulary-Death is the list of words denoting Death.
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• Asphyxia…Death due to deprived of air
• Corpse…The dead body of human being
• Carcass…The dead body of an animal
• Mortuary…The place where the dead bodies of human beings are temporarily placed
• Carrion…The decaying flesh of animal
• Morgue…The place where the dead bodies are placed for identification
• Cremation…Disposal of dead body by burning
• Embalm…To preserve the dead body from putrefaction
• Winding-sheet…The cloth which is wrapped round a dead body
• Exhume…To dig up a corpse
• Bier…The frame on which a dead body is conveyed
• Pyre…A pile of wood on which a dead body is burned
• Hearse…A vehicle for taking dead body to a cemetery
• Cemetery…The place the dead bodies are interred
• Post-mortem…An examination of dead body
• Autopsy… An examination of dead body
• Posthumous…Occurring after death
• Epitaph…An inscription on a tomb
• Crypt…A vault beneath a church for burial
• Sarcophagus…A stone coffin
• Catacombs…underground caves with burying places for the dead
• Mausoleum…A very expensive and elaborately built tomb
• Euthanasia…The practice of putting painlessly to death
• Obituary…An account in the news paper about the funeral of the deceased
• Intestate…To die, without leaving a will
• Legacy…The property left to someone by a will
• Requiem…The mass for the dead
• Cortege… The mass for the dead
• Suicide…The act of killing oneself
• Homicide…The act of killing a human being
• Infanticide…Murder of a new-born child (infant)
• Fratricide…The act of killing one’s brother
• Sororicide… The act of killing one’s sister
• Matricide… The act of killing one’s mother
• Patricide… The act of killing one’s father
• Parricide… The act of killing one’s parents
• Regicide… The act of killing the king
• Resurrection….Rising from the dead
• Cenotaph…A monument set up for the person who are buried elsewhere
• Electrocuted…Killed by an electric current
Vocabulary-Death is the list of words denoting Death.
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